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In reply to the discussion: I call BS: Connecticut shooter's father in "disbelief". [View all]Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)5. For chrissake.
You have no idea what's in someone else's head. And furthermore, how about the millions of parents whose troubled kids don't shoot up a grade school? Are they supposed to somehow magically predict the future? Must be a nice view from that high horse you're sitting on.
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Good point about denial. People in denial about their kids' mental issues are . . .
DanM
Dec 2012
#9
How wonderful you know the father's thoughts. If only you could have seen the shooter's as well.
Brickbat
Dec 2012
#3
I'm a parent, and parents, if they truly are parents, know if their kid could be a potential threat.
DanM
Dec 2012
#23
One of the first stages of grief is disbelief so this doesn't surprise me as he
arthritisR_US
Dec 2012
#12
I would be, too. No parent could imagine their child capable of such horrific carnage of children.
Arugula Latte
Dec 2012
#15
why are "they" refering to him as a SUSPECTED shooter, seems clear that he was
leftyohiolib
Dec 2012
#16
I hate to say it, but Daddy Lanza has probably hired a few "spin control" experts.
reformist2
Dec 2012
#17
Take your anger out where it ought to be aimed - gun nuts who allow all these WAR weapons
Stinky The Clown
Dec 2012
#21
Sigh! Yet another in an endless stream of blame the parent threads. - n/t
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#27
agreed. Most important, the kid was an adult. Are the parents responsible for their adult kids?
still_one
Dec 2012
#37
They were divorced. The kid was an adult. So are parents responsible for their adult children?
still_one
Dec 2012
#35
Father had little contact? Did not know his son started taking drugs that make you want hurt people?
No Compromise
Dec 2012
#41
The mother told a babysitter of Adam Lanza...'do not turn your back on him, not even for a minute'..
Tikki
Dec 2012
#51