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In reply to the discussion: All the adults who died were women [View all]John2
(2,730 posts)47. I agree
with you after more information has come out. That was her son, and she probably didn't imagine he would take her life. There is a certain bond between mothers and their own child. She was very protective it seems to me of him. From want I can, she was a nice person but made some mistakes. It doesn't seem like his father spent much time with his son either. She was raising Boys, the best way she knew how probably. If she was seeking help for him and he found out, maybe that is what set him off? I would have never killed my mother and especially it seems like she was the one cared about him the most.
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My 12 year old asked me "why did the principal attack him when she knew she would get killed?
Happyhippychick
Dec 2012
#3
After the Oklahoma City bombing I felt the way you did, and I remember making the same points among
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#11
You don't think the media has properly portrayed the women as brave?
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Dec 2012
#24
i hear stories of men dying, all the time, cause it happens often. and it breaks my heart
seabeyond
Dec 2012
#97
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
We also manage to ignore the daily death toll due to drones etc. By "we", I mean our society
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#77
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