April 25th, 1999: Cobain responds to allegations that he indirectly influenced the Columbine shooters, vehemently denying any responsibility: "If parents don't do their jobs to keep their fucked up kids in line, I'm not at fault for that. There's always going to be a controversial opinion in the world and just because someone is so demented that they commit atrocities inspired by it, doesn't mean it should be suppressed. We combat illness, so why can't we combat this properly by having better parenting? The illness won't respond by being blocked out by the overprotective media. It'll laugh in its face and break through the barrier. That's why we use vaccines to eradicate the fuckers out of existence. Same issue here, just different names for the virus."