Gag order

This is just a theory I have. What if the Harris family has been so quiet because the police told them to keep quiet. Maybe they have something on them?

That would be treading into the vast conspiracy theory area of Columbine. Goodness knows there are hundreds of them.

Some seem almost logical, while others are just beyond anything even remotely realistic. But one would ask why the Klebold's wasn't included in this gag order. I mean Sue Klebold wrote a book about it. Others involved in the case were very much digging for anything and everything that would seem off about the case. Like the Brown's. Randy Brown has been very vocal in his hate for JeffCo, he has nitpicked them for years. His son also wrote a Columbine book.

The Harris's started out stonewalling at first because their lawyers advised them to, then they decided they would only talk if given immunity. Which never happened. After that I think they just tried to distance themselves from it in an effort to move on with their lives.

This is why I am eager for the court depositions to be released. This will be the first time Eric's family had publicly spoken about Eric and what happened at Columbine.

The Harrises at the very least met with the Mausers. I don’t know if Eric and Dylan’s family has ever talked to each other. The assumption that Wayne and Kathy thought that Eric was just a psychopath comes from that book. I am also looking forward to the depositions. It seems odd for parents who kept a notebook about their son and Kathy who seem to continuously weep all the time just cast their son aside. I think they just played it close to the best.

I think it’s also a lot more acceptable for people to mourn Dylan over Eric. Not that I agree with that but I certainly think in the community at large since Eric was an outsider people mourn Dylan more.

That’s what I can’t understand, is how they basically turned their backs on their son, like he was never born! I have a son and I just can’t see him doing anything that would cause me to turn my back on him!

Mojo11 wrote:

That’s what I can’t understand, is how they basically turned their backs on their son, like he was never born! I have a son and I just can’t see him doing anything that would cause me to turn my back on him!

I read a snippet of an article earlier today that said during a police interview the Harrises brought baby pictures of Eric. So there’s so much speculation. I think of my nephews and niece right now and if they ever did anything bad like that I would still love them and I would want understand why. And I’d also want them to know that they could’ve talked to me because I was also An angry kid and I hope they always feel comfortable speaking to me

Mojo11 wrote:

That’s what I can’t understand, is how they basically turned their backs on their son, like he was never born!

Not everyone is going to be able to handle the thought of their child being a killer, and a (in)famous one at that.

QuestionMark wrote:

Mojo11 wrote:

That’s what I can’t understand, is how they basically turned their backs on their son, like he was never born!

Not everyone is going to be able to handle the thought of their child being a killer, and a (in)famous one at that.

Just because they don't talk publicly doesn't mean they still don't have some feelings for Eric though. It is probably a complex relationship parents have with their dead school-shooter son, because they discovered he was not the person they knew (even if they knew Eric had issues, I don't think they could imagine that he would kill people), and they cannot really try to understand because he is dead. But they probably still feel at least some kind of love from before the shooting. When they look at pictures of Eric as a baby, do they see him as the child they loved, as the teenage killer or do they see both?

I would also understand that when your child do what Eric and Dylan did, and destroy the life of his family and the life of innocent people, you just want to forget him and start anew. We (on this forum) can feel sympathy for the shooters or even to some extent relate to them because we can also take a step back. It is easier for us, we don't feel the guilt and the hate parents legitimately feel.

It must be so hard to live as the parents of the Evil psychopath teenage boy who planned Columbine and influenced the depressed Dylan. It is not what I believe but it is still what a lot of people think, so I think they did good by hiding from the public. It was also probably a way to protect Eric's brother the best they could.

QuestionMark wrote:

Mojo11 wrote:

That’s what I can’t understand, is how they basically turned their backs on their son, like he was never born!

Not everyone is going to be able to handle the thought of their child being a killer, and a (in)famous one at that.

True. There has always been speculation that Eric's parents washed their hands of him after the attack, but appearances can be very deceiving. Who knows what was going on behind closed doors, and closed minds?

They may have just shut everything out in an effort to not be completely destroyed by what Eric had done. Truth is we will never know anything about where they were emotionally until they either break their silence(which I don't see ever happening) OR when the depositions are finally released.

My only hope is the depositions will shed some light on everything instead of bringing up more questions that will never be answered.

I believe they are private people who are/were shocked to their very cores. No one can imagine the horror; anger, sadness of their situation.

IMO, the surviving Harris and Klebold families, have it far worse than the victim’s families. Not only did they lose a child, but their children were responsible for a massacre, and they themselves became evil incarnate to the world.

JayT wrote:

I believe they are private people who are/were shocked to their very cores. No one can imagine the horror; anger, sadness of their situation.

IMO, the surviving Harris and Klebold families, have it far worse than the victim’s families. Not only did they lose a child, but their children were responsible for a massacre, and they themselves became evil incarnate to the world.

Agreed. They couldn't properly grieve for their own children's deaths, as most thought Eric and Dylan didn't deserve to be mourned. BUT they were still someone's child, brother, friend, etc.

Why would the Police blackmail them into being quiet?

JayT wrote:

I believe they are private people who are/were shocked to their very cores. No one can imagine the horror; anger, sadness of their situation.

IMO, the surviving Harris and Klebold families, have it far worse than the victim’s families. Not only did they lose a child, but their children were responsible for a massacre, and they themselves became evil incarnate to the world.

I agree, and this is why I don't even want them to talk about Eric and what happened. I mean, if they want to they can, but I understand and respect their silence about the affair.