Gaaah - I don't want to get into this again - buut - makes sense to rather demolish a small elementary school, first because it's possible - it's small, maybe wasn't up to date anyway, building-wise. And - elementary school children are more likely to not get over the trauma, which they'll come to associate with the building. Maybe even right-out refusing to enter such a place ever again. With older students - you can appeal to their rationality, and they will understand this was a criminal/mentally ill person who did it - it's not connected with the place. The younger the children - the more irrational are also the parents, usually, when it comes to said children: "What?! I shall bring my precious child back to this place of terror!? WTF?!! Go spend money, filthy state!!" ...
And lets be honest - would such a reaction actually be irrational or rather considerate for the child and righteous in it's asking?
I'm not saying I know any of these things, no more than any other joker behind a keyboard does - but it's not exactly
not making sense to rip that building down. Depends also on the damage inside - if it is financially sound to repair all that including other, older damage, instead of putting up a new thing.
You know how people are - there's symbolism involved as well - new beginning - the state, or rather some local politician who wants to capitalize from it in terms of publicity spends money for the surviving children, "does something", builds a new school, which is doable, financially, because of the much smaller size than the other places. It even enlivens the economy, the state building things - you see, where this is going, don't you?
Whatever you want to use as arguments, this one is not valid - yeah - it makes it hard for those who believe, they could dig up evidence which contradicts the official version. But this fact does in no way necessitate the assumption, that it was done to cover up. There are a bunch of fully sufficient other reasons easily imaginable. That seems to be problematic for some people, to just for some moments
honestly take the official version as your basis, and then see, what would make sense, actually, and what not. Problematic why? Because it involves being open to the possibility of having been wrong, and finding out yourself, maybe even feeling the need to step down on publicly made claims. Naa - too dangerous for the ego...
Plus - to many people, sadly, a real tragedy is boring compared to a potential governmental conspiracy, esp. if you can shout "gun-grab", isn't it?
Yeah - it would make sense in your version, granted - makes just as perfect sense from the other base of reasoning, though!
You don't believe the story? Well - of course you won't like the fact - but it's not an argument in itself.
Just an after-thought - what about the conspiracy theorists potentially climbing all over the place, if it was still there, scaring the children?
Besides - the real coup here, if it was a hoax, which of course I don't believe, would have been coordinating and keeping silent (for life) hundreds of civilians, if not thousands - not to prep up a crime-scene, so that it looks realistic - that would have been the easiest part of it all...
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