User blog:Salnax/No Columbine

What if the events of 4/20/1999 never occurred?

Well, a bunch of people wouldn't be dead. But what about the less obvious?

Note: The following blog is largely rambling, and will be edited for clarity later.


 * There would be less bullying awareness. People after Columbine were looking for answers, and many thought that they key was the bullying of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. As it turned out, the two bullied others in their own right, but that wasn't known at first.
 * Trench coats would be more popular, possibly to this day, as the Matrix movies would associate them with coolness.
 * Video gaming would come under less fire. In particular, the infamous crusade of Jack Thompson would never begin.
 * Teen horror movies such as
 * There would be less stigmatism of loners, who were associated with the two killers. The same applies to goth culture.
 * Police tactics would remain relatively unadvanced, allowing future shootings to be more deadly
 * Gun control would be a topic of less importance
 * 4/20 would continue to be known as a day of weed and Hitler's birthday

Works inspired by Columbine that would likely not exist include:
 * Pico's School (Revolutionary Web Game)

Also, Stephen King's Rage would not have fallen out of print.