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frogmarch

(12,145 posts)
18. So, you're saying
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 08:10 PM
Dec 2012

that what happened today in Connecticut is just a minor incident?

Sure sounds like it.

Thousands of kids are maimed and killed in the U.S. every year. onehandle Dec 2012 #1
From bombing strikes ... by a foreign country ... who you aren't at war with? Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #4
And the outrage would be amplified many times over if done by a foreign country cpwm17 Dec 2012 #43
there is no such thing as comparative pain. NMDemDist2 Dec 2012 #2
Sorry to hear that Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #7
thank you n/t NMDemDist2 Dec 2012 #25
Seemed worth it, did it? JuniperLea Dec 2012 #3
It did, and does .. perhaps it will create a bit more empathy. Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #5
ain't worth shit. spanone Dec 2012 #6
I know, because they're not American ... but still Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #8
Your timing is extremely tactless, and Quantess Dec 2012 #9
Didn't see that one Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #10
How about creating some empathy in yourself, first? Quantess Dec 2012 #13
Not political leverage... Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #17
Yes, in a day or 2 the feelings of disgust for the person who brought it up would have faded. Quantess Dec 2012 #20
Ok, have it your way but ... Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #21
How do you know we aren't feeling empathy for both? RayOfHope Dec 2012 #15
Maybe so but... Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #16
This and the story about the attack on the Chinese school are popping up a lot. nt CJCRANE Dec 2012 #12
They sure are. zappaman Dec 2012 #14
Yep they keep coming back like cockroaches DainBramaged Dec 2012 #41
Hmmmmm, this sounds like FUDr meme... uponit7771 Dec 2012 #36
Floxuridine? Friends of the Upper Delaware River? Quantess Dec 2012 #45
Alert results ...enjoy. L0oniX Dec 2012 #11
which is why I've all but given up using the alert feature onenote Dec 2012 #38
So, you're saying frogmarch Dec 2012 #18
No, not even close Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #22
If someone told you he or she frogmarch Dec 2012 #31
How much attention do you think Pakistanis are paying to Sandy Hook? onenote Dec 2012 #40
It depends on where ... Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #42
The poster has a valid point Tsiyu Dec 2012 #19
The slaughter of innocents is an outrage against humanity etherealtruth Dec 2012 #23
Thank you Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #24
How dare you lecture us DainBramaged Dec 2012 #26
Really? Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #28
Kiss my ass "princess" DainBramaged Dec 2012 #32
Xenophobia and racism Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #34
Like I said sock puppet or zombie. will find out soon enough DainBramaged Dec 2012 #37
Your name is remarkably accurate n/t Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #39
p.s. Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #35
DB, I don't think the poster is trying to minimize the deaths of those children Tsiyu Dec 2012 #30
Yes he is DainBramaged Dec 2012 #33
They are same amount of dead quaker bill Dec 2012 #27
True except that Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #29
K&R woo me with science Dec 2012 #44
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