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Sheldon Cooper

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37. I take your point about 2012 being a rough year for women in general.
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 09:50 AM
Dec 2012

It certainly was. But it's not really surprising or even noteworthy that all of the adults killed were women. In an elementary school, I would guess that the majority of adults present would be females. Elementary Ed doesn't seem to attract as many males, for some reason. This of course does not diminish in any way the bravery of those women, who did whatever they could to protect the children in their charge. They are all heroes, in the truest sense of the word.

All the adults who died were women [View all] obamanut2012 Dec 2012 OP
Deaths of women don't get attention marions ghost Dec 2012 #1
The tv show The Voice had a lovely tribute on Monday obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #2
Thank you for that link! (and your post) Care Acutely Dec 2012 #52
I think it would be the same if adult males had died too WolverineDG Dec 2012 #54
Women who are HEROES are ignored too. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #70
and leave it to conservatives SemperEadem Dec 2012 #96
Yeah marions ghost Dec 2012 #103
My 12 year old asked me "why did the principal attack him when she knew she would get killed? Happyhippychick Dec 2012 #3
What a nice answer obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #4
I keep wondering if I could have been so brave in that situation. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #14
I know, and I hope not, too obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #16
I wondered the same thing. a la izquierda Dec 2012 #31
At first I didn't think I could have done that. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #79
I have no doubts whatsoever Skittles Dec 2012 #92
Would that we could all be so sure of ourselves. nt Chorophyll Dec 2012 #94
That and tactically speaking, sometimes your odds are better charging SWTORFanatic Dec 2012 #15
Well, John2 Dec 2012 #30
I've actually done that HockeyMom Dec 2012 #50
That was beautiful... Freedomofspeech Dec 2012 #44
... uponit7771 Dec 2012 #61
because they had the grit of a warrior inside pasto76 Dec 2012 #95
Three quarters of the children killed were female. n/t whathehell Dec 2012 #5
yep. n/t Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #89
Why is it marions ghost Dec 2012 #6
After the Oklahoma City bombing I felt the way you did, and I remember making the same points among Chorophyll Dec 2012 #11
Humanity has a scale to which certain emotions hit them harder ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #12
I think we would be hearing more "tales of bravery" obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #18
You don't think the media has properly portrayed the women as brave? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #24
yes obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #25
Okay.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #26
I am dropping this with you obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #27
That's fine (n/m) ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #32
I agree with the levels marions ghost Dec 2012 #53
I think you're about 2 for 5 there. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #59
I agree with your class levels for media attention kurosagi Dec 2012 #98
i hear stories of men dying, all the time, cause it happens often. and it breaks my heart seabeyond Dec 2012 #97
I thought that, too obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #17
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
That's been debunked. The school liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #75
My question had nothing much to do with whether his mother worked there. CTyankee Dec 2012 #80
I was responding to Proud's posting of the liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #81
I know, sorry. I didn't mean to misrepresent your position. CTyankee Dec 2012 #87
What the heck are you talking about? davidn3600 Dec 2012 #22
Except all of the too-many liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #76
+++++ Yes marions ghost Dec 2012 #91
In my opinion because adults already had some time to live life... snooper2 Dec 2012 #45
We also manage to ignore the daily death toll due to drones etc. By "we", I mean our society KittyWampus Dec 2012 #77
Please don't forget his mother was killed too lunatica Dec 2012 #7
She didn't deserve to be killed of course marions ghost Dec 2012 #8
You don't know all the facts in this tragedy lunatica Dec 2012 #10
As you say, there are no laws about who one may pity. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #13
I have a mentally ill son who is just shy of 18, Throckmorton Dec 2012 #19
Good post and great point obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #21
What a painful decision, to say nothing of the process. JohnnyLib2 Dec 2012 #29
I would be curious as to whether or not the avebury Dec 2012 #33
Best wishes to you and your family (n/m) ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #35
I am glad to see you on DU3 JanMichael Dec 2012 #41
Oh for heavens sake marions ghost Dec 2012 #46
well said. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #72
thanx marions ghost Dec 2012 #86
She IS a victim TorchTheWitch Dec 2012 #73
Of course-- marions ghost Dec 2012 #82
I believe she was the first victim obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #20
I agree John2 Dec 2012 #47
K&R Chorophyll Dec 2012 #9
"Women and children first." TahitiNut Dec 2012 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Dec 2012 #28
I believe my OP is straight forward obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Dec 2012 #55
He killed his mother first in her sleep HockeyMom Dec 2012 #88
Yes, it all makes one wonder obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #90
This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Dec 2012 #100
some people used the Aurora shooting to attack women Enrique Dec 2012 #36
Yeah, I thought of that, too obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Dec 2012 #62
I take your point about 2012 being a rough year for women in general. Sheldon Cooper Dec 2012 #37
The vast majority of elementary school teachers and paras are women... Odin2005 Dec 2012 #38
they were all government workers too Enrique Dec 2012 #40
Yup, lazy school teachers obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #42
The Trifecta for the Right: women, teachers, and union members obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #43
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
Huh. I thought this thread was going to be about the polio workers in Pakistan. Bucky Dec 2012 #49
Well, someone had a post claiming they were spies ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #66
03/24/1998 Jonesboro,AR 5 killed 10 injured-14 female TexasProgresive Dec 2012 #56
I never realized that shooting mainly targeted girls obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #71
Some mention was made at the time TexasProgresive Dec 2012 #74
Shooter at the Amish School in PA '06 targeted girls marions ghost Dec 2012 #85
That's why the coward went to an elementary school . . . fleur-de-lisa Dec 2012 #57
Good point obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #65
and from the satellite photo, the school was pretty isolated. libdem4life Dec 2012 #84
I've been thinking this for days too. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #58
Agreed obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #67
Women put themselves in the line of fire (literally) but Congress won't stand up to the NRA. Lex Dec 2012 #60
**sigh** 99Forever Dec 2012 #64
Is there a chance Lanza had a crush on Victoria Soto or another teacher? mainer Dec 2012 #68
Nothing that's come out yet obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #69
CNN reported yesterday that he went to that School JI7 Dec 2012 #102
pink collar jobs in elementary schools..... amborin Dec 2012 #78
Truly Heroic actions Is That All There Is Dec 2012 #83
We respect their courage. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #93
AND... They Were TEACHERS... Iggy Dec 2012 #99
I mourn the women, I mourn the teachers, I mourn the children, I mourn the loss of innocence.... Rowdyboy Dec 2012 #101
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