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In reply to the discussion: How Many DUers Actually Remember the Kent State Killings? [View all]captain queeg
(10,298 posts)My brother was a commuter student at Kent, came home and told us about it.
Id posted about this a few months ago; I was going to Kent myself 6 years later. Had a weekend job as a security guard at a factory near there. One of the things we had to do (totally embarrassed me) was check the guys lunch boxes when they were leaving, in case anyone was stealing parts to their miserable little devices. I got talking to one of the old timers and when he found out I was a student from KSU he told me at the time it happened he was one of those who would say they should have shot a few more. That was the common refrain when it happened. But he said now that it had been a few years he realized how terrible it was and should never have come to something like that. It gives me some hope that people can change their minds, hope that is still true.