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marions ghost

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19. If you can chalk it up to one kind of insanity

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 05:17 PM

Mar 2013

then it's easier not to talk about the other kind of insanity.

If the Mom did it out of insanity, you can just say "oh well" and go back to your knitting or your gun-cleaning. Cluck cluck.

If the kids did it on their own out of pure diabolical sociopathy...well then you have to look to society. You have to look at how they got the gun and why they did this wanton killing (rather than the usual vandalism). You have to fund the CDC et al to study it and find answers.

Kids doing it --black kids in ghettoes, white kids in suburbs. That's what people don't want to face when it comes to guns. The kids are killing.

They get the guns from adults. Manslaughter charges for the owners/providers of the guns.

But people don't want to talk about that........................................................................................................

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It Is Time to Let the Georgia Mother Alone to Grieve! [View all] MineralMan Mar 2013 OP

Goodluck, you know telling people on a public forum Rex Mar 2013 #1

I find that stating my opinion is a valid thing to do. MineralMan Mar 2013 #4

Same here, just that you know you are herding cats at this point. Rex Mar 2013 #6

As a cat owner, I can sometimes get my cats to do MineralMan Mar 2013 #8

So true. Rex Mar 2013 #13

I don't count feeding time. That's a trick they've taught me, MineralMan Mar 2013 #14

Hmmm...dammm... Rex Mar 2013 #15

Cats are simple creatures, with simple needs. MineralMan Mar 2013 #16

Your kittens are so beautiful!! x darkangel218 Mar 2013 #53

Thank you! Rex Mar 2013 #58

I'm sure ballistic evidence will identify the MineralMan Mar 2013 #12

Who's stopping her from grieving? You can't serously believe that discussing this case cali Mar 2013 #2

I have stated my opinion. MineralMan Mar 2013 #3

You have made certain absurd claims, dear. cali Mar 2013 #7

I am not your "dear." MineralMan Mar 2013 #10

Indeed I will cali Mar 2013 #28

I don't have a dog in this fight, but I would like to point JanMichael Mar 2013 #30

"Giant failure of logic" geek tragedy Mar 2013 #5

Right, victim blame-a-thon. Uh, no. cali Mar 2013 #9

Which one would that be? Link por favor geek tragedy Mar 2013 #11

Weird how so many bought the Susan Smith thing marions ghost Mar 2013 #20

People fancy themselves much more clever than they are. geek tragedy Mar 2013 #21

it's the group think that bothers me... marions ghost Mar 2013 #25

Not really group think. geek tragedy Mar 2013 #29

I go on intuition a lot too marions ghost Mar 2013 #32

Yeah, my gut instinct was "we don't have any facts." geek tragedy Mar 2013 #34

It was easy to buy Susan Smith's story Bay Boy Mar 2013 #39

What I meant was marions ghost Mar 2013 #42

Yes I did... Bay Boy Mar 2013 #48

even when coming from marions ghost Mar 2013 #49

At the time that I'm thinking of there was only... Bay Boy Mar 2013 #55

Social insects buzzing int he same direction marions ghost Mar 2013 #57

no one is; this is the same egotistical JanMichael Mar 2013 #35

I think so marions ghost Mar 2013 #17

Yes. Discussing how those boys got that gun MineralMan Mar 2013 #18

If you can chalk it up to one kind of insanity marions ghost Mar 2013 #19

Unless the mother regularly posts on DU... randome Mar 2013 #22

"Let the mother grieve" Rex Mar 2013 #23

Actually, I think both sides in this 'debate'... randome Mar 2013 #26

I agree completely, we (DU) have run the entire gauntlet of speculation. Rex Mar 2013 #27

Victim-blaming is an ugly, corrosive dynamic geek tragedy Mar 2013 #31

This is NOT a vanity post. randome Mar 2013 #40

When suspicions are contradicted by the known facts, geek tragedy Mar 2013 #41

I wouldn't say anyone 'got it wrong' yet. randome Mar 2013 #44

Police have cleared Ms. West--stated she's not a suspect. geek tragedy Mar 2013 #46

Nobody on DU is preventing the mother from grieving Cali_Democrat Mar 2013 #24

"Police are trying to determine if the gun was linked to the incident" HipChick Mar 2013 #33

Ah the Sherry West Truthers have their latest geek tragedy Mar 2013 #37

her daughter does not trust her britaphilter Mar 2013 #43

The police have decided she's not a suspect. geek tragedy Mar 2013 #45

For the umpteenth time, the police have issued NO STATEMENT CLEARING HER cali Mar 2013 #51

"Police said West is not a suspect." geek tragedy Mar 2013 #52

planted by who?? B2G Mar 2013 #38

They found it in a pond after interviews with the suspect's family LisaL Mar 2013 #56

Thanks for the update, MM. I had not heard about this. madinmaryland Mar 2013 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Whisp Mar 2013 #47

Anyone pointing fingers at the mom is a disgusting human being... Generation_Why Mar 2013 #50

I don't personally care that much JanMichael Mar 2013 #54

She probably has DU on 'ignore', so, problem solved. nt bike man Mar 2013 #59

Kick Phentex Mar 2013 #60

Thanks for the kick. MineralMan Mar 2013 #61

Thank you for the OP... Phentex Mar 2013 #62