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Bill Clinton: I agree with that. But what happens if all of that still doesn't work because young people at some point develop a whole…

On the recordApril 22, 1999
I agree with that. But what happens if all of that still doesn't work because young people at some point develop a whole other life? I mean, when you look at what is apparently the fact here, these--they created a whole new culture for themselves, a whole other life, which--we don't know the facts yet about what their parents did or didn't know, about what the schools did or didn't know. I think it's important for us not to make hasty judgments about Littleton. I agree with what you say. But I also think in addition to what you say, we've got to have some warning system to protect everybody else. Go ahead. [A student said that people should stop placing blame on movies and video games and spend more time with their children. Another participant said discipline should start at an early age, not in the teen years. A student then asked if the fact that Littleton was a white suburban area would take the focus off of racial groups as the cause of problems.]
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