Trashy's World: Spare a thought for the innocents
As a father, I cannot come close to imagining what those parents are going through right now. No, I’m not going to rant about gun control. That can wait. I just want to express my profound and utter...
View ArticleSong of the Watermelon: On the Latest School Shooting: Symptoms, Disease, and...
With every problem, there are symptoms and there is the disease. In the wake of yet another mass shooting in the United States today — this one leaving twenty-seven dead at a Newtown, Connecticut,...
View ArticleThe Scott Ross: A Tragedy
Canada is one country out of 193 and most Canadians currently think we can do nothing about our economy; yet when one person out of seven billion uses a gun to kill we think we know the problem and how...
View ArticleWalking Turcot Yards: A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated...
by Max Fisher for The Atlantic (reposted from July 23, 2012) I’ve heard it said that, if you take a walk around Waikiki, it’s only a matter of time until someone hands you a flyer of scantily clad...
View ArticleThe Scott Ross: Who Is Responsible For Connecticut?
You are. We’re all responsible for Connecticut. All the causes that led up to the tragedy yesterday were known before from other horrible events but we did nothing to prevent them. Days of rational...
View ArticleLeDaro: Adam Lanza: The Killer in Connecticut
Adam Lanza Does this geeky kid look like a killer? He looks harmless. Looks can be deceiving. He was also a very bright student. 28 dead and 20 of them children and 8 adults including Adam Lanza....
View ArticleSong of the Watermelon: Mass Shootings by the Numbers
Over three-quarters of the firearms used to carry out mass shootings in the United States since 1982 were obtained legally. How on Earth can there not be a national discussion on gun control? And to...
View ArticleThe Scott Ross: A Tragedy Should Make Us Want To Be Better
The world suffered a tragedy when a gun man went and killed 20 students and 6 adults. The world was made worse when out of this horror people called others whackos and nuts for merely having a...
View ArticleLeDaro: Adam Lanza:Tragic shooting in Connecticut
In the United States, while there is more violent crime in the city, there are more mass shootings – including school shootings – in the suburbs. Gun violence is a problem across the board in the...
View ArticleRegan Wolfrom: 27 Acts for Newtown – Doing Good Rather Than Doing Nothing
In the wake of the terrible events in Newtown, Connecticut, there has been an outpouring of opinions and anger, but mostly grief. Obviously Winnipeg has been affected less than New England, but more...
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