To me, Columbine is just as awful as Vietnam, and it's just as awful as anything else.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Columbine was so frightening. And the media took off with it, like everything else, so it instilled more fear in people. You're looking around at school for kids like the ones who committed the shootings, and you feel wrong for doing that, you know?
The truth is, no one is like Columbo.
World War II was just as dirty and brutal as Vietnam, just as confusing.
I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.
Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!
There was definitely a lack of any sort of villain in the Clinton era, which is why, when Columbine happened, it was easy to pick on me. My face was around, and it made good TV.
I think people identify with Columbo because he is an average man.
Even the first year of 'Columbo,' 'Columbo' was Jesus Christ, No. 1, you know.
After four or five different wars, I grew weary of that work, partly because in an open war, open to coverage, as Vietnam was, it's not that difficult, really.
I think we should be encouraged to learn from Columbine and let it be a battle cry for all of us.