re: What has made society become so selfishly-violent ala Columbine?

I remember my 10th grade geometry teacher telling us about the good old days in class one day (1999-2000). He said that if two high school boys got into a fight during the school day and were caught, one of the vice principals would take them to the gym, give them boxing gloves, and then the rest of the school would assemble to watch them duke it out.

Mr. Miner was an older gentleman, so I'm not sure how far back this would've been. He swore to us that this actually used to happen. They'd fight, get over it, and that would be that.