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Floyd_Gondolli

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44. The dog was just the beginning
Wed Feb 20, 2013, 01:29 PM
Feb 2013

The next time the gun could have been turned on one of the kids during one of her "moments" of pathos.

Crisis averted IMO.

hard to believe she was alone after the suicide of her partner Skittles Feb 2013 #1
She'd been in a 3-week court ordered rehab and her father was there until that morning. Gorp Feb 2013 #5
too bad he didn't take the guns with him Skittles Feb 2013 #26
It isn't hard to hide a gun in a house. I don't know if he took any of them, Gorp Feb 2013 #34
there wasn't a "hidden gun" Skittles Feb 2013 #45
Why shoot the family dog? That just compounds the children's trauma catbyte Feb 2013 #2
Suicide is an inherently selfish act. Skidmore Feb 2013 #3
I know. Kill yourself, fine, but to take others with you is monstrous. You are right. catbyte Feb 2013 #4
****sigh**** easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #9
A lot of suicidal ppl actually believe they're doing Dash87 Feb 2013 #17
You have no clue what you are taking about it. nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #20
you don't understand suicide Skittles Feb 2013 #27
I strongly disagree with your charge. Skidmore Feb 2013 #31
You know of your experience. easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #39
you speak of a very small element of suicides Skittles Feb 2013 #46
You are full of crap. cwydro Aug 2014 #52
The loss of the dog ChazII Feb 2013 #6
Or, in the irrational mind of a suicidal person nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #21
Yeah, that was a triple blow to those boys; rusty fender Feb 2013 #7
Would you say someone with cancer easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #8
+ 1000 loyalsister Feb 2013 #10
My issue is her killing the family dog. I understand despair and it's tragic, but catbyte Feb 2013 #11
Oh the poor dog loyalsister Feb 2013 #12
She doesn't need our excuses. easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #14
Who said I didn't have compassion?!? Lord have mercy... catbyte Feb 2013 #15
You language. easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #16
So I am not supposed to care about that innocent victim? That dog didn't want to get shot. catbyte Feb 2013 #19
... SammyWinstonJack Feb 2013 #24
They are all innocent victims easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #25
So you absolve McCready of any responsibility? How about Adam Lanza? Columbine? catbyte Feb 2013 #32
I'm not a deity. I don't have the power to "absolve" easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #38
Wow, what ugly thoughts nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #22
Best thing that ever happened to them Floyd_Gondolli Feb 2013 #37
Yeah, people are verbally abused, sexually expoited, beaten nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #41
Boo hoo Floyd_Gondolli Feb 2013 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author DearHeart Feb 2013 #50
That really bothers me, too...I feel bad for her... joeybee12 Feb 2013 #13
Nice to see people are more concerned nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #23
She had a choice. The dog didn't. Can't you see the difference? catbyte Feb 2013 #33
Nobody said that...try re-reading what people wrote... joeybee12 Feb 2013 #35
exactly. leave the animals out veganlush Feb 2013 #29
"Of your madness" nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #42
The dog was just the beginning Floyd_Gondolli Feb 2013 #44
she shot the dog veganlush Feb 2013 #47
I couldn't agree more Floyd_Gondolli Feb 2013 #48
yes veganlush Feb 2013 #49
It's a good thing they had the children removed from the home. If she was willing to shoot the dog liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #18
She Would Have Killed The Kids SoCalMusicLover Feb 2013 #28
Very sad. NaturalHigh Feb 2013 #30
a human being in pain vs. one more dead dog. CBGLuthier Feb 2013 #36
I should be ashamed of myself, I guess. But I am so tired of this story being in the news. hamsterjill Feb 2013 #40
She may have thought the dog would have gone to a shelter, where it would be euthanized REP Aug 2014 #51
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