To: SarahW
No, I do get it. Little children are at risk of meningitis, W. Nile, Lyme disease, being hit in the head by a fastball, neck broken during football, diving, etc. The children have a much higher risk of dying in a car crash on the way to school than being shot by the sniper.
Did they not have school in MD last week? Yet no kids targeted since the one school shooting.
I'm thinking long-term, not just about tomorrow. If you think the terrorists are not being tempted to adopt the sniper technique by what has happened so far, and overreactions, than you are in a serious case of denial.
Its horrible, its sad, its angering, I take no joy in typing this, wishing that I was completely wrong. But wishing doesn't make the problem change or go away. Sooner or later we'll have to go about our daily lives, and that includes educating our children as they grow into adults. There are ways to better protect kids without total withdrawal. Again, what are you going to do if the sniper isn't caught in the next month, or year, or other snipers appear? What about if terror acts begin happening with the frequency of those in Israel? A very real possibility. Do Israeli children still go to school? Do their parents love them?
To: Diddle E. Squat
Your post about parents being overprotective has a lot of truth in it.
One bitter January day some years ago, Pennsylvania schools were closed because of some snow. While the kids were home watching TV, a news station burst in on their cartoons with live footage of a press conference--the one where Bud Dwyer capped himself, live and in living color.
We can't protect the kids from everything.
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