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School Shooting:Multiple Deaths in Lancaster, PA Amish School, Shooter Kills Self
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| 02 OCT 06
Posted on 10/02/2006 9:16:45 AM PDT by DCBryan1
Edited on 10/02/2006 12:55:46 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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To: BykrBayb
I don't mind answering. No, I haven't had a gun in my face. That doesn't mean I shouldn't think about my options if it ever happens though.
To: sageb1
Thank you for your response and I do understand your what you are saying. Here is where I am coming from.
It depends on what people will define as violence. My boys played with toy guns and eventually went hunting with their father. I can't tell you how many wrestling matches were held in my family room along with the hitting and the punching. Of course it was tempered with a balance in quieter calmer moments. My boys are grown and have turned into great young men. I would think some psychologist somewhere would have called them violent....I would called them being normal boys.
To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
The fact that the mods had to request that posters stop blaming the Amish community is a sad testament to what this site is becoming. Man, I couldn't agree with you more.
Some of the comments here have completely bewildered me..........
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posted on
10/02/2006 3:36:21 PM PDT
by
ohioWfan
(George W. Bush - "Take his character all together, and we shall not look upon his like again.")
To: New Girl
I've lived here in Lancaster county for 45 years. My family has been blessed to be friends and neighbors of Amish for generations. In fact my great-grandmother was Old Order Mennonite. I apologize that I came off harsh to you, but in the horror of digesting this event, I'm more concerned with defending the innocent than zotted posters. Now in order to honor the Moderator's requests, I'll return to the topic at hand.
You are right, no child should witness such evil. May God bless and give strength these victimized children, their families, and their community. And may God also be gracious to this monster's own innocent children and family, who will carry the burden of his horrible and cowardly act for the rest of their days.
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posted on
10/02/2006 3:37:19 PM PDT
by
Sisku Hanne
(*Support DIANA IREY for US Congress!* Send "Cut-n-Run" Murtha packing: HIT THE ROAD, JACK!)
To: stands2reason
Please read my posts again.....all of my posts on this subject!
You have twisted my words.
To: all4one
That photograph just made me cry.....
The depth of evil in this is incomprehensible.
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posted on
10/02/2006 3:39:24 PM PDT
by
ohioWfan
(George W. Bush - "Take his character all together, and we shall not look upon his like again.")
To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard; ohioWfan
Anyone who blames the Amish for this has nothing of any value to add to this forum.Hear, hear! I'm jumping in at post 1300 or so and I'm appalled to read that some here were doing or saying such garbage. Dang that just ticks me off and I'm glad I didn't read such drivel. God bless and comfort these poor families.
I'm off this thread after saying just one more thing.
Hell is far too good for some people. The male who committed this crime lands squarely in that category.
1,347
posted on
10/02/2006 3:39:57 PM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(Motto of the Democrat party: If we can't rule America, we fully intend to ruin America.)
To: BykrBayb
You would be surprised how many people can't guess that I'm not Amish.
But there are people who think I might be ex-Amish, and again, I am not that either.
To: 2nd amendment mama
If the teacher had been armed she might have been able to stop this slaughter - that's the only thing that would have been effective! Please. I'm hardcore pro-2nd Amendment. But that doesn't wash here.
This guy walked into a one-room school building armed with two handguns and a shotgun. Facing pregnant women or women carrying infants. If the teacher would have had a gun and gone for it, it would have been futile and could have increased the death toll if the perp simply started firing at that point.
Sometimes there is stark evil in the world that simply will exert its will over our existence. No what-ifs that you or I could ever conjure up could ever counter it.
This is one of those situations. All we can do is pray such evil crawls back into the hole from which it came.
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posted on
10/02/2006 3:43:16 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Good fences make good neighbors)
To: AmishDude
I confess to believing that you were an 'ex,' Dude.
But you grew up in this area?
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posted on
10/02/2006 3:44:01 PM PDT
by
ohioWfan
(George W. Bush - "Take his character all together, and we shall not look upon his like again.")
To: CindyDawg
The time to think about it is before it happens. In a panic situation, you're lucky if you can think about things you've already analyzed at length, much less try to come up with ideas out of thin air. We all need to think about how we should react in these situations.
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posted on
10/02/2006 3:45:02 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Be careful what you ask for, and even more careful what you demand. Þ)
To: sweetiepiezer
Please, no conjecture at this point of time. I lived in Lancaster County for a couple of years. I drove through the township on my commute and it was my favorite part of that drive. My prayers go out to the entire community and the utter bewilderment they must feel about what happened to them today. The time for conjecture about other influences is tomorrow, not today.
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posted on
10/02/2006 3:45:34 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Good fences make good neighbors)
To: Sisku Hanne
Thanks for your response. I totally understand your disgust. I don't think anyone on this board intended to assign blame to anyone involved in this horrible event except the gunman. I think that some of us have wondered what we might do (or hope to do) in a similar situation. Or more importantly, how can we protect other children in the future. When events like these happen, I think it is natural to think of those things. That doesn't mean that you grieve any less for the children or the families. For example, I know plenty of folks who have said that after the events of 9/11, they are not going to wait for instructions, they are going to evacuate their buildings if they feel that they are in danger.
To: CindyDawg
The thing that's hard about something like this, is that it's so bizarre. You can plan for all kinds of situations, but it's the one you don't expect that will happen and throw you for a loop. OTOH, it could teach you to think quickly and give you some kind of advantage and be more creative when on the spot.
My kid's school has armed intruder drills, where they practice what they'd do if there were an armed intruder. While they were sitting in the class room talking, waiting for the drill to be over, one of my son's classmates said that he'd crawl out the window, go out to his car, get his gun from his trunk, and go after the guy. Now he could just be talking off the cuff, but in this community, where they give the kids the day before Thanksgiving off becasue it's opening day of deer season; I'm inclined to believe the kid.
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posted on
10/02/2006 3:46:53 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: BykrBayb
To: AmishDude
I saw a tv commercial, one time, before it was quickly pulled. It showed an Amish family, secretly using the Internet, when a neighbor shows up at the door. Naturally, I thought of you.
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posted on
10/02/2006 3:49:02 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Be careful what you ask for, and even more careful what you demand. Þ)
To: BykrBayb
I have a cell phone ring that sounds like knocking on wood. It's a great cover. ;)
Be plain,
To: AmishDude
I guessed 'ex' as well
Well, I'm not really a cat - we all have our faults
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posted on
10/02/2006 3:51:29 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: LibertyRocks
How would the victims if they were students, be old enough to be part of a 20 year incident?
1,359
posted on
10/02/2006 3:51:49 PM PDT
by
mom4kittys
(If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
To: metmom
I guess its time for all schools to address this kind of issue. I know my child's school doesn't. The thought of these small children lining up to be shot has me sick. I hope theres a special hell for this man. My prayers go out to these families and these children. I feel very sorry for the wife and family of this man so I will pray for them too. He must have been a very sick or evil person.
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posted on
10/02/2006 3:52:30 PM PDT
by
pandoraou812
( barbaric with zero tolerance and dilligaf?)
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