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In reply to the discussion: All the adults who died were women [View all]Throckmorton
(3,579 posts)19. I have a mentally ill son who is just shy of 18,
Last edited Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:41 AM - Edit history (1)
Having him ajudicated as Non compos mentis and comitted was the second hardest thing I have ever done. After Friday, I do feel a lot better about that decision.
It took me over a year to acheive this, and I can understand the denial that his mother went through, I went through it myself when my son was 14.
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My 12 year old asked me "why did the principal attack him when she knew she would get killed?
Happyhippychick
Dec 2012
#3
After the Oklahoma City bombing I felt the way you did, and I remember making the same points among
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#11
You don't think the media has properly portrayed the women as brave?
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Dec 2012
#24
i hear stories of men dying, all the time, cause it happens often. and it breaks my heart
seabeyond
Dec 2012
#97
This begs the question: did Lanza target that school in part because he knew women
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#51
There was a Daily Mail (UK) story that someone posted last night....
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Dec 2012
#63
We also manage to ignore the daily death toll due to drones etc. By "we", I mean our society
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#77
Back in the stone age when I was a student, about 80-85% of all teachers at my school were women
krawhitham
Dec 2012
#48