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Pastimes : WHY?? Littleton Colorado -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (177)	4/23/1999 3:06:00 PM
From: DenverTechie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 368

Take a look at this description of the family life of these boys. What do you see? The Harris and Klebold families issued separate statements late Wednesday apologizing to the community for the pain caused by the two teen-agers. “We cannot begin to convey our overwhelming sense of sorrow for everyone affected by this tragedy,” said the statement by Klebold's family. Both families are well-regarded in the community and many were wondering what went wrong. Thomas and Susan Klebold lived in a home worth nearly $400,000, a modernistic cedar-and-glass structure with a matching guest house tucked between two huge stone formations on a rural road. Klebold's father, Thomas, 52, a retired geophysicist who consulted with companies exploring gas and oil, now runs a mortgage management business from his home. His mother, 50, has worked for the Colorado community-college system for years, helping disabled students gain access to education. Michael Briand, who knows Susan Klebold from his work as a community-development consultant at Arapahoe Community College, said the elder Klebold is known as a liberal, in favor of gun control. Susan Klebold is a sensitive listener. “As far as I can tell, this family was utterly, utterly normal,” Briand said. Harris moved to Littleton in 1996 from Plattsburgh, N.Y., where his father, Wayne Harris, was an Air Force pilot. In Littleton, neighbors said, the family seemed quiet. The elder Harris, now retired, and his wife, Katherine, would wave across the fence while out in the yard but made little effort to socialize with neighbors. Their tidy, two-story home on a quiet cul-de-sac is assessed at $184,000. The chilling part is the "this family was utterly, utterly normal." This is the epitome of the American Dream! These people had it made (in the context of current socioeconomic standards). This is the life supposedly everyone aspires to. What does this say about our value system, our moral center, what is truly important in our lives?