Uh...yeah because we're rolling in money.
[editline]10th May 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;40601303]No, but it is an eerie thought to think that you're in a room where 20 children and some of your co-workers were killed.
I liked what the Aurora theatre did after their shooting, they renovated the place (and renamed it?) and tried giving it a fresh start. Renovation is a good option.[/QUOTE]
I can understand renovation, but tearing the whole school down?
No need to tear it down. A new building could easily be constructed while the old one stands as a tribute instead of demolishing it.
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;40601634]No need to tear it down. A new building could easily be constructed while the old one stands as a tribute instead of demolishing it.[/QUOTE]
Tribute to what? Children being killed? Do we shut down every building where someone is killed as some sort of memorial? No. We mourn, grieve, and then get back to work.
Let's all continue to ignore the fact that the surviving victims of this are likely extremely traumatized and going back to the same building with the same layout could trigger vivid flashbacks.
But obviously money is more important than this so let's not waste any
[QUOTE=Truckasaurus1;40601659]Tribute to what? Children being killed[/QUOTE]
A tribute to their lives.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;40601664]Let's all continue to ignore the fact that the surviving victims of this are likely extremely traumatized and going back to the same building with the same layout could trigger vivid flashbacks.
But obviously money is more important than this so let's not waste any[/QUOTE]
It's one thing to remodel a wing after something like that happens, but to completely abandon and replace the school at the expense of millions is just plain asinine.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;40601664]Let's all continue to ignore the fact that the surviving victims of this are likely extremely traumatized and going back to the same building with the same layout could trigger vivid flashbacks.
But obviously money is more important than this so let's not waste any[/QUOTE]
Should Columbine be closed? Should Virginia Tech be closed? Should every building where so sort of tragedy occurs be closed? According to your logic, yes, unless this school is some sort of special case.
[editline]10th May 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;40601665]A tribute to their lives.[/QUOTE]
And how is an empty building a tribute?
PTSD episodes are also triggered by familiar stimuli, maybe this isn't a bad idea
[QUOTE=Lick;40601730]PTSD episodes are also triggered by familiar stimuli, maybe this isn't a bad idea[/QUOTE]
Remodel.
if it had a mass shooting, it must be demolished...
americans being stupid again
[QUOTE=Truckasaurus1;40601694]Should Columbine be closed? Should Virginia Tech be closed? Should every building where so sort of tragedy occurs be closed? According to your logic, yes, unless this school is some sort of special case.[/QUOTE]
They should probably have been at least changed somehow, yes
Am I in some way a bad person for thinking that people shouldn't have to be subjected to traumatic things
Maybe the families of the victims could go to a different school instead of wasting everyone else's time and money?
if it helps them cope with the event then I see no problem with it
[QUOTE=zakedodead;40601920]Maybe the families of the victims could go to a different school instead of wasting everyone else's time and money?[/QUOTE]
Why should people be forced to pay more to commute further as punishment for getting shot at
I don't think pulling it down and rebuilding it will do much to help those grieving. I guess it would force those that attended the school to move to another while it's being rebuilt though.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;40602338]Why should people be forced to pay more to commute further as punishment for getting shot at[/QUOTE]
Where do you think the money to tear down a school, and build another one in its place comes from?
[QUOTE=Zeke129;40602338]Why should people be forced to pay more to commute further as punishment for getting shot at[/QUOTE]
why should the taxpayers be forced to pay $59 million because someone shot at those people
[QUOTE=Zeke129;40601664]Let's all continue to ignore the fact that the surviving victims of this are likely extremely traumatized and going back to the same building with the same layout could trigger vivid flashbacks.
But obviously money is more important than this so let's not waste any[/QUOTE]
Transferring schools would be an excellent start, and didn't they refer to their temporary school as "Sandy Hook" when they first went back so they felt somewhat normal?
[editline]11th May 2013[/editline]
Also because some people [i]might[/i] have some sort of insane level of PTSD, it's no reason to destroy a perfectly good and functional learning institution.
Lets tear down Germany and build a new country cause WW2 and the Holocaust happened.
[QUOTE=Boxbot219;40602611]Lets tear down Germany and build a new country cause WW2 and the Holocaust happened.[/QUOTE]Well to be fair, the allies did tear most of it down during their advance :v:
I wonder how many people here would rent an apartment knowing someone was murdered in it. The Sandy Hook name and location has a pretty grim presence attached to it now. I think a rename would be in order at least.
[QUOTE=No_Excuses;40602993]I wonder how many people here would rent an apartment knowing someone was murdered in it. The Sandy Hook name and location has a pretty grim presence attached to it now. I think a rename would be in order at least.[/QUOTE]
I would, it's not like because someone got killed there that it will happen again
What about just relocating the school to another building. The old school can just be sold off to business or what not. A business/office isn't going to be much affected by the past of the building were as a child may feel uneasy there and that is understandable surely, but no need to rip the building down imo.
[QUOTE=Boxbot219;40602611]Lets tear down Germany and build a new country cause WW2 and the Holocaust happened.[/QUOTE]
Germany kind of did actually....
Decision was pretty easy as we bombed the hell out of the old version.
Does anyone here realize this is largely a local matter- it's not going to cost you a dime unless you live in that particular schools district. That being said, if they feel its necessary- so be it.
and in third world countries, they have little to no schools, which are poorly built and maintained etc etc, but in the U.S. you can just tear this one down.
In 10 years all the kids will have changed and moved on, and some of the staff, maybe they should change all the staff if the staff are so disturbed, they obviously don't want the job enough.
I don't think you guys realize how bad it would be to go back in there right now. Bullet holes everywhere, blood on the floor, walls etc, it would be a nightmare for kids to go back in the school. I live next to Newtown and I could see bullet holes through the walls. It would be so much more difficult to repair everything inside than to tear it down and rebuild it with a strategic structure meaning weirdly designed floor plans which make it harder for an assailant to find students.
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;40602639]Well to be fair, the allies did tear most of it down during their advance :v:[/QUOTE]
also some of the buildings in Berlin probably got raped
People don't seem to see that these are kids, who can remember things well than others, and going back would trigger a memory of their classmates dying. Sure, redesign would be good, but the kids who were in there when it happened shouldn't go back. No, don't close it down, but don't force kids to see the same environment where all those things went down. University of Texas is still open when a sniper sniped people in the school from a tower, same goes for Virginia Tech and Columbine. But this is an elementary school, sending 'em back to that environment just wouldn't be good, especially the same design and name.
[QUOTE=Naaz;40601179]God, just reopen it[/QUOTE]
They can't, they are the idiots put in charge by idiots.
If they would "just reopen it" then all idiots would need to pray 500 times a day instead of the current 20.
It's Ameristan, what do you expect?
[QUOTE=Zeke129;40601843]Am I in some way a bad person for thinking that people shouldn't have to be subjected to traumatic things[/QUOTE]
It would be cheaper to fire the staff and transfer the students than to demolish and rebuild an entire school.
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