Word: coverly
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TIME's irresponsible cover has given Harris and Klebold the celebrity they wanted. And when an equally irresponsible director like Quentin Tarantino makes the movie, these twisted boys will have achieved the fame for which they killed and ruined so many lives. JUDITH C. BARKLEY San Diego...
...parent of two students at Columbine High. Do you think that looking at Harris and Klebold on the cover of your magazine holding the automatic weapons that killed or physically or mentally maimed our children will give us a sense of resolution? It's more like pouring salt on the wounds. To release your story just before Christmas--one that for many parents and siblings will be the most difficult of their lives--shows a shocking lack of compassion. I do think the story needs to be told, but your timing was callous. The picture--never. JOANNE ABEL Littleton, Colo...
While I believe what Harris and Klebold did was wrong, one can see how difficult life was for them. I found it interesting that your cover on the April massacre called the boys "The Monsters Next Door." In light of the tapes, in which the boys apologized to their families, these young men were not totally merciless or without feeling and regret. MICHAEL MCMANUS, age 17 Manchester, England...
...other ages, genders, etc. I'm lucky that my years in public school didn't change me, but the other students certainly tried to do so. If they had succeeded--who knows? Maybe I would have gone the way of Harris and Klebold. The student abusers are trying to cover up their actions and shift the blame to someone else. That makes them very nearly as bad as the horrible young Columbine killers. SPENCER M. LEASE Medford, Mass...