High School Bombing Attacks: Marilyn Manson

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The documentary inquiries whether the educational system is reacting to the genuine needs of students or on the off chance that they are spreading dread, as a result of the several High School shootings around the country. It portrays a society of fear made by the government and the media, which drives Americans to arm themselves, to the benefit of weapon making organizations. Consequently, this climate of agitation leads people to mistakenly blame controversial targets for outrageous facts. In this case, it is teasingly insinuated that bowling could have been just as responsible for the attacks on the school as Marilyn Manson, or even President Bill Clinton, who launched bombing attacks on Serbia at the time. Moreover, the bombing attacks

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