Comments about ‘Lois M. Collins: After Aurora: Remembering those lost and making evil nameless’

I agree totally. I wrote an earlier comment and used the word "scum" and it was denied. It is so true that the media is a detriment to society in making names of the worst criminals so well known. I believe a circus owner said, "Speak well of me if you can; speak ill of me if you must; but by all means speak of me." The media has helped make a circus of unspeakable criminals activity.

Thank you for your thoughtful comments. I feel exactly the same. Thank you for giving us the names of those who died. I will keep them and remember them.

Excellent article!

I was once told by a psychiatrist that the worst thing a school can do after a suicide is to dwell on it too much. Others that might be on the edge see this response and the attention that is given and it looks better than the situation they are in. We all, but especially teenagers, are very short-sighted when it comes to ways of getting attention.

If we are going to put more restrictions and laws that may conflict with a constitutional amendment in order to protect ourselves, I think it would be more effective to focus on the first (freedom of the press) than on the second. (Not proposing, just saying!)

Ms. Collins,

As usual, your written opinions are sound and are worthy of strong consideration.

There is little we can do to truly punish these perpetrators. Robbing them of their infamy would be a small but important item of justice.

Anderson Cooper on CNN has done just what this article proposes. He has been showing the part of the memorial service where each victim's name was read, and the assembled responded "We will remember." He has declined to name the shooter except when absolutely necessary, and instead of interviewing countless people who knew the shooter, he has chosen to interview people who knew and loved the victims and desire to talk about them. He has also covered the acts of heroism that occurred during and after the shooting. Psychiatrists and criminologists have been studying mass murderers for a long time, without too much success in preventing the horror. Journalists have an obligation to report, but I appreciate Mr. Cooper's primary focus on the victims and their families and friends.

As a teacher of teens for over 40 years I tried to encourage each one to chose positive people to research and write about. But there were always a few who delighted in dark and evil antiheroes like the Joker or Ted Bundy" Unfortunately evil will always walk among us. The real heroes of Aurora are those who shielded others with their bodies. I hope they include them on the monument to the victims.