Comments on: LINDEMAN: Extreme Sadness, Yet Hope

By: Betty Johnson

Betty Johnson — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:24:00 +0000

Nicely said, Bruce.

By: Deborah Bender

Deborah Bender — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:52:16 +0000

People with autism can be very violent. I have a good friend with a severely autistic son and he is very strong and can be very violent. I am also wondering if Mrs. Lanzas guns were under lock and key ? My heart breaks for all of the people in Sandy Hook. Every time I watch the news I cry for the 26 new angels. I mourn for the countless family members that have the heartache of losing their loved ones.

Somehow this country needs to get better control of the types of guns that are being sold and better backround checks. The people that currently own guns need to make sure they are kept out of the hands of mentally challenged people. We have several guns in our home and you can be sure they are all unloaded, under lock and key in a gun cabinet and the room they are in is also locked.

I also firmly believe that alot of children are not being taught the value of a human life. The seperation of church & state is wrong. We need God in school because many children don’t go to church and are not being taught the ways of God. I am not saying that it is up to the school to drill children with religion but how much could a simple morning prayer hurt ?

Pledge of Allegience…morning prayer and lock those doors at school.

I will now go put on a helmut and prepare for the firestorm I am going to receive.

By: Bruce Lindeman

Bruce Lindeman — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:25:25 +0000

All good points, Wayne. I’m so emotionally numb about the whole thing. Every morning as I’ve driven to work this week, I heard another story on NPR about the day’s pending funerals for the victims in Newtown. It breaks my heart that those families should have to bear that burden. They shouldn’t have to during this time of year. Not ever. I don’t know how those families will climb out of that overwhelming sadness. I pray for them.,,

I don’t think that all the knee-jerk reaction comnig out of Washington, the NRA or… whomever is going to do much to stop mentally ill people from doing crazy things. To your point, Timothy McVeigh mixed totgether some very common materials that anyone can purchase at a hardware store without the least bit of suspicion – and killed more than 6 times the number of people in killed in Newton. We’ll never be able to stop these kinds of things from happening. It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try, however.

Funny about Kerouac. To me, he is incredibly difficult to read. I know he’s taken his share of hits from critics through the years for his writing style. I’m still trying to sort him out in my head. I’m not sure if he was insane, high most of the time, brilliant, or a combination of all of the above.

By: Wayne Creed

Wayne Creed — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:00:12 +0000

Nice sentiment Bruce, and like Lenora, I wondered if there was anything to take away from it, whether teaching or learning. Seemingly futile, I attempted to explore it too:

http://www.assesandvillains.com/post/Newtown.html

By: Lenora Mitchell

Lenora Mitchell — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:02:31 +0000

All things happen for a reason, they are either teaching experiences or learning experiences. Newtown is a learning experience – – I couldn’t stop screaming when I heard the news. We all need to step back for a minute and reflect on how precious life is and how precious our relationships could be if we were willing to put our minor differences aside, respect each other, be tolerant of each other and work together. It’s not so important as to who is right or wrong, but what is right or wrong. We are a great nation and Cape Charles is a part of this nation! As our prayers go out to Newtown, let’s say a prayer for each other.