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Re: Grand Island Preschooler Asked to Change the Sign for His Name in School

By: oldCADuser in FFFT | Recommend this post (0)
Wed, 29 Aug 12 2:31 AM | 55 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Food For Further Thought 		Msg. 45489 of 65535
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It's only an 'over-reaction' if you ignore the fact that the fear of gun violence in our schools is raising exponentially yet our politicians pretend that there's nothing that can be done.

Can you imagine what the outcry would be if 83 Americans were dying each day (that's the current national average for all firearms related deaths in the US) as the result of some preventable disease? There would be hearings in Congress, telethons to raise money for R&D, people collecting pledges for 5k and 10k runs, colorful wrist bands to say nothing of ribbon decals on the bumpers of cars and trucks, etc.




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Re: Grand Island Preschooler Asked to Change the Sign for His Name in School
By: Riana in FFFT
Wed, 29 Aug 12 2:20 AM 		Msg. 45487 of 65535

re: However, in today's world anything like that would be virtually impossible, all because guns have become the 'solution-of-choice' for so many people, primarily because of both their effectiveness (military firepower) and availability.

Yes, yes, I know - guns are bad. I grew up in California - I know the words to that song.

But does that make what is happening to this young boy acceptable? I think it's a gross over-reaction. While it may not be common, there is a such thing as common sense.


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