I woke up to this thread today.
I wanted to just continue to keep my mouth shut and post some silly photos of old airplanes, but I read the post below and felt the need to at least type something. I could spend hours 'dissecting' this conversation with the
pros and
cons on everything from the
2nd amendment to
mental health to
proper parenting to
violent video game playing to
really expensive kitchens ..... but what's the point. Nothing that I or anyone here could ever type on WIX, from the good folks to the pompous posters to the outright jack*ass Trolls, can ever console, argue, justify or make any sense of what happened yesterday. I've read Muddyboots post several times now. It's worth all of us reading more than once. Nothing more really needs to be said here. Muddyboots is an emotional man, I am too. And because of folks like Muddy WIX still holds an interest for guys like me. Even when WIX turns into a joke at times. He spoke for ALL of us in his post below yesterday. Allow that to be our thoughts for just a little bit longer before we feel the need to debate this madness. Please!
muddyboots wrote:
Whatever the causes, whatever the solutions, this is a tragedy. One person took the lives of 26 others, mostly very young children. Those children will never see another Christmas. Or come home to their dog waiting at the door. Or have their first kiss. Or prom. Or marry, or have children of their own. Each of those children's loss sent waves through their families that they will never recover from. Each of those families will hold the memory of their lost child in their hearts for generations, and mourn. Each of their mothers will lie awake at night unable to comfort, unable to nurture, unable to hold their child. Every time each of those fathers sees Spongebob Squarepants he will hurt. He will want to yell at his lost child to turn the television down and regret that he can't. He will wonder who his son would become, who his daughter would have married. They will all carry this burden to the day they die, unhealed. None of us can ever make this anything but what it is.
This is a tragedy. Not a political argument.