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Columbine video game leaves relatives fuming

Culture of death
Wed May 17 2006, 16:15
A FREE ONLINE Internet game based on the Columbine High School massacre has just been found by hacks who have shown it to the families of the victims to ask what they think.

The game, Super Columbine Massacre RPG has been on the web here since last year but has apparently become very popular now that the hacks have found out about it.

The game uses images of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, who killed 12 classmates and a teacher before committing suicide.

Needless to say, the game is drawing criticism from relatives of the 12 who died in the 1999 attack. One father said it trivialises the actions of Klebold and Harris.

Brian Rohrbough, whose son, Daniel, was among those killed, complained of a general "culture of death." He said: "It disgusts me. You trivialise the actions of two murderers and the lives of the innocent."

It is not entirely clear if he is talking about the game or the press' reporting of it. µ

L'INQ
Billings Gazette

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