One of the posters here said yesterday we may learn more from the Amish in this than they from us, and today that is clear to me.
I am not going to ask them to be any different because evil befell them, but more than that I am witnessing their faith and how they live.
As far as I know, photos and names of the victims have not been released to the media. This is good! Personally, I hope the Amish are able to maintain their privacy in the face of media pressure.
God bless our dear Amish brothers and sisters.
I wish someone would run a fully-loaded manure spreader down the road where all the newshog vans are parked as to displace their electronic manure spreaders.
I hope the media still has enough integrity, character, and conscience to honor those requests.
What's interesting is that a lot of people feel that all the publicity of what happened could fuel another type of shooting spree and maybe it can.
Perhaps what the media could do, if it ever felt inclined to exhibit any common sense, would be to focus on the victims and totally ignore any mention of the perp after the intial identification.
This is news and people care and want to help and should know what's going on, but it the spotlight was off the perp and his perversions, that just might help with these guys knowing they won't be going out in a blaze of glory but rather sink into oblivion.
The show of faith and support for their own speaks volumes as to the nature of the Amish community. They will grieve; pray and get on with their lives. I hope the media will back off and let the community hold their funerals privately.