Pedros PArental Advisory

Another Year another rage killing/suicide.
Another chance for news anchors interview witness' and ask,
"...and how did you feel?"

A few years back I was having a conversation with a friend I'd not seen in a while. After a pause he changed the subject and asked,
"Pedro, do you ever have violent thoughts?"
I responded with "Oh Hell yea!"

He told me how in his younger days he'd imagine taking his fathers gun to shoot out the street lights.
"Someone would call the cops and there I'd be, with a gun in my hands."
Niether one of us mentioned the shooting at Columbine High School a few months back. We didn't have to because we both knew that we both understood.

I remember when the campaigne to put "Parental Advisory; Explicit Lyrics" warning stickers on record albums was in full swing.
On the Oprah show Tipper Gore said,
"Parents aren't tuned in to what there children are hearing."
I thought to myself,
"Damn! She came so close."
It's not that there parents aren't tuned in to what there kids are hearing. There not tuned into the emotional lives there kids are living.

The Anti Heroes "You Can't Kill The Blues With a Gun"

Monday morning can't open my eyes
cause everyone's looking for me
My life's no longer a seven day weekend cause
I'm still asleep on my feet
Wanna stay on top of your life
you got to try as hard as you can
But all you got is another struggle
and no one's gonna lend you a hand

[ Chorus ]
- You can't kill the blues with a gun, you gotta find the strength to stand
You just gotta keep your eyes straight ahead, walk on like a man -

Chaos all around.
No one can stop us cause tonight we're back on the piss.
If it ends up in jail or it ends up in blood, that's the way life is.
I'm not the one who cleans up after, somehow its always done.
Spend your life worrying about, you're not gonna have any fun.

[ Chorus ]
- You can't kill the blues with a gun, you gotta find the strength to stand
You just gotta keep your eyes straight ahead, walk on like a man -

No ones gonna tell you when you're doing right,
They tell you when you're doing wrong.
As long as they keep themselves shut up, we'll keep carrying on.
The aching burning self is on my back again.
You better look for something good and enjoy it while you can
Album: That's Right
Artist Anti Heroes
Date: 1985


What today are refered to as "school shooting" and "Rage Killings"
have been taking place for at least one-hundred years.
They were usually something that happened in rural areas and involved an adolecent male breaking up with a girl friend. There was no Fox or CNN to
spread the news across the planet.
What goes through my mind now is how the news industry
will tro to "cover" this "story" while trying to not encourage some other
rage filled kid. Meanwhile I'll watch adults blame everything they can
except the thing they are watching.

Here's My Parental Advisory. Talk to Your kids!