In the wake of the worst school shooting on American soil since the Columbine massacre in 1999, we are hearing a lot about how the shooter, Jeff Weise, had all the makings of one of the infamous members of the Columbine “Trench Coat Mafia.”
At the top of every story you read about Weise, there are quotes referring to the type of clothes he wore, the pictures he drew, and the fact that he was a self-proclaimed Nazi and frequented message boards dealing with the Third Reich.
The picture that the media is painting of this kid, a 17-year old Native American from Minnesota, is clearly one that makes him out to be the embodiment of pure, unfiltered evil.
That kind of haircut is a sure sign of evil
Of course, there is no doubt that this kid’s actions were evil. He callously murdered 10 people including his grandfather, classmates and a teacher. There is no defending the insidious nature of his actions.
But, why wasn’t this kid reached out to much earlier? After Columbine, all we heard about was how we would prevent another one of these terrible tragedies from occurring. Whenever the warning signs were there, a helping hand would be lent to recover the child from the terrible thoughts and feelings that were consuming him or her.
THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN!
But as usual, all the wrong things are looked at. Just because someone dresses in black, is a “goth” and likes to write about death and skeletons does not mean they are a psycho that is waiting and planning to shoot up their school. Sure, some of the kids, including Weise and the Trench Coat Mafia, may have fit this description, but there are other more pressing and real factors that contributed to their downfall.
Take Weise for example. In 1997 his father committed suicide after a police standoff that lasted a whole day, and only a few years later his mother died after suffering brain damage from a car accident following a night of boozing.
HELLO! If there was ever a kid in need of help, it was surely Jeff. I don’t mean to say that every kid that loses their parents can turn into what Jeff turned into, but that kind of event in your life at a young age (Jeff was 9 at the time of the incident with his father) will no doubt leave gaping scars.
And then in October, Jeff made a flash cartoon and it was posted on the Internet. You can click view that by clicking the picture below.
Click on the link to view the video
If someone saw this, why the fuck did a bell not go off in their head that Jeff needed some serious help? Despite all the other bloodshed in the flash video, I believe that the image of him putting the gun in his mouth at the end is the most telling and chilling.
This kid needed help.
But no one lent a hand and now 10 are dead, with others in critical condition.
You may want to call Jeff evil, and there is nothing I can do to stop you, but just remember that this was a kid with some severe issues, a kid in dire need of help.
What I think is far more evil, is the scum that comes surfacing from the cracks in the society after horrific acts like this. Scum like Tim Todd and his Truth for Youth “Bibles.”
Tim Todd
First, let’s take a look at the main message, on his website.
”The last four words of the word “AMERICAN” are “I-CAN” not “I-RAN!”
It seems our country’s computer users are divided into two groups: The “I-CANS” and the “I-RANS”! For to many years in America, the Christian computer users have been “I-RANS”. They “RUN” from sin on the Internet that concerns us as Christians. They would "RUN" from implementing innovative tools to win the sinner on the internet. They "RUN" from the need to reach those who are searching for hope through: pornography, homosexuality, sexual promiscuity, rock music, drugs, drinking, etc.
Too many spiritual voices on the internet have "RUN" from taking a stand on the moral issues. Either they don't know exactly what to do or they have been brain washed by the liberal news media and made to believe that certain issues are political and a "man of the cloth" should not get involved in "politics"!
But praise God, we have a growing breed of Christian "INTERNET I-CANS"! "I-CAN" and I must stand up and call sin on the internet by its first name. "I-CAN" and I must reach out to lost people who are filling their hearts and minds with pornography. "I-CAN" and I must reach the homosexual with the message of God's love anddeliverance from their perverted lifestyle.
This slimeball continues to rant and rave on about the usual schpeel, but I will spare you the rest of his tired soliloquy.
What I want to get down to are the comics that he created for this special bible of his. The one I have chosen to take a look at today features school violence, with the premise of “Bibles, Not Bullets.”
Christ.
This is the first panel about “the Truth about school violence” and already you can see that it is out of hand. My favorite part has to be the cheesy shirt the kid is wearing, a rip off of the equally lame Tommy Hilfiger shirts that ran rampant in the mid to late 90’s. If you can’t make out what it says, it reads, “Tommy Hellfighter.”
Eek.
Imagine the twisted smile that came to Todd’s face when he thought of that clever play on words. It probably looked a lot like this:
The fact that a semi-automatic wielding kid was just about to wipe out our hero is soon forgotten, as the grouchy Mr. Witski just cannot stand the t-shirt that Tommy is sporting. This is understandable, because I would smack the kid upside the head as well for wearing such a lame rip off t-shirt. What’s next, a Jesus-related “ghetto Looney tunes” t-shirt?
Check out that last panel and tell me the classic, “DUN, DUN, DUNNNNN!” doesn’t play in your head. I have a feeling we are in for some wild, bible-smuggling times!
Whoa, boy, Tommy is really starting to preach his word now! I am honestly getting nauseous reading this comic now, and I can only imagine Tim Todd’s face while he was writing this page and including his “bible” in almost every single frame of the comic. It probably looked a lot like this:
Snarf!
That’s right, Mr. Witski, you tell those fuckers what is up! Separation of church and state goes hand in hand with keeping that religious “mumbo jumbo” out of school.
This whole Bibles not Bullets thing is pissing me off. I’m not a religious guy at all, and I have nothing against students wanting to read the bible in school, but when it is Tim Todd’s version of the bible, one that is littered with propaganda comics like this piece of trash, it just makes me seethe. This schmuck is trying to make a buck off of kids shooting up schools and that is just disgusting. One can only imagine his face when he collects the checks from people that actually purchase this trash. It probably looks a lot like this:
MROWR, do I have braces on? I cannot tell! MROWR.
The only thing I have to say about this frame is that it is pretty “kewl.”
:WHY, TIM TODD, WHY DID YOU FEEL IT NECESSARY TO MAKE THE GIRL SAY “KEWL” AND NOT “COOL?”
:Well, Jim, I really just wanted to relate to all the kiddies out there. You know how they always change words like extreme to X-treme and boys and girls to boyz-n-girlz? I figured if I changed cool to kewl, I could get inside their heads and spread the word.
: You’re such an asshole Tim Todd, Todd Tim, Tiny Tim, whatever the hell your name is.
:SNARF!
: Enough from you, let’s get back to the chilling conclusion of your wretched comic.
As you can see, “Kewl” makes another appearance in this page, as well as a major pitch by Tommy to sell some of Tim Todd’s “bibles.” So, as you can see, Tommy is nothing more than your sleazy door-to-door salesman, except he is taking advantage of school violence to make a buck. He also only owns two t-shirts. What a schmuck.
Maybe you noticed the number at the bottom of the page as well. I decided to call that number to see exactly what this was all about. The following is the conversation I had with the person on the other end, Tammy.
Tammy: Thank you for calling Liberty Counsel, how can I help you today?
Me: Hi … Tammy. I was just reading Todd Tim’s neat-o comic about school violence and the adventures of Tommy Hellfighter, and I was wondering if I could ask a few questions.
Tammy: Oh, you mean Tim Todd’s Truth for Youth Bible?
Me: Yeah, the Toddster. I like his picture, does he have braces?
Tammy: I’m sorry, what questions did you have?
Me: Well, I wanted to know how I could go about smuggling bibles into school, it seems like a pretty scary task.
Tammy: Oh, haha, I don’t think you have to worry about that …
Me: I don’t think you understand Tammy, the people at my school are different, they’re FUCKING crazy Tammy! God, I’m so scared!
Tammy: What kind of school do you go to?
Me: One where they force the kids to dress like characters from McDonalds. I had to dress like Grimace today …
Apparently Tammy was not buying my story … oh well.
If you want to give a shot at calling them, call 1-800-671-1776.
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It may be fun and easy to make fun of Tim Todd, but remember exactly what this slime is doing. He is making money off of the deaths of innocent and troubled kids with his supposed “bible.” There is nothing righteous about this man. And just to give you an idea about how loony he is, take a look at the preview of his next comic:
Yes, now that Todd has take care of the School Violence issue, it is time to move on to more pressing issues, like Harry Potter and the influence he has over children. After all, there is nothing more EVIL than sorcery.
RIP anyone that fell victim to last week’s school shooting. My heart goes out …
Questions or comments? E-mail Jim at Y2Jimproblem1@yahoo.com
