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Toon-Sleepwalking in America (Original Post) n2doc May 2014 OP
Forgot the "Now is not the time to discuss, when the tragedy is so fresh . . . Journeyman May 2014 #1
That's a popular one rpannier May 2014 #2
When it was presented after Sandy Hook, my numb reply was, "Yeah, alright . . . Journeyman May 2014 #3
When will it ever end? When arms manufacturers stop... Beartracks May 2014 #4

Journeyman

(15,034 posts)
1. Forgot the "Now is not the time to discuss, when the tragedy is so fresh . . .
Mon May 26, 2014, 10:48 PM
May 2014

. . . and everyone is so emotionally distraught."

rpannier

(24,329 posts)
2. That's a popular one
Mon May 26, 2014, 11:49 PM
May 2014

I see it in many places
Rather pathetic really
That would be like after an earthquake we shouldn't discuss improving safety conditions of buildings to make them more e-quake resistant because everyone is emotionally distraught

Journeyman

(15,034 posts)
3. When it was presented after Sandy Hook, my numb reply was, "Yeah, alright . . .
Tue May 27, 2014, 12:02 AM
May 2014

maybe it is too soon to discuss this school shooting. I'll grant that. So can we instead discuss Charles Whitman, try to make sense of that tragedy? Because if we can't solve today's problems, can we at least try to address the issues of 50 years ago?"

Beartracks

(12,814 posts)
4. When will it ever end? When arms manufacturers stop...
Tue May 27, 2014, 01:20 AM
May 2014

... making money off the terror they create by facilitating so much "random violence" in the first place.

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