PhillieMooDo wrote:

pacino wrote:

PhillieMooDo wrote:

pacino wrote:

Barry Jive wrote:Catholic school kids generally go to catholic school because of at least one of the following reasons:

1) their parents give a #$!&@ where they go to school
2) their parents want to and conceivably are able to pay for their kids to go to what they perceive to be a better school
3) they want their kids to not just get an education, but to be a part of a community

There are probably more reasons than those three but that's just off the top of my head.

hmm, good points. it's much like what i always say about why gay parents are so good...because it's COMPLETELY voluntary for them to have kids. it's completely voluntary to put your kids in a private school, so you are obviously going to, on average, give a little more about the education they receive.

Not so sure I agree with this...for a lot of parents, sending your kids to a private/parochial school is just "what you do" , sometimes to the detrement of the education being received.

Pretty much every kid I went to grade school with wishes we had been at the public school next door. Those kids were getting a real education (enrichment, support, the works) while we were learning fiction taught as fact.

And plenty of public school parents "give a #$!&@" about where their children attend, that's why good school districts can help sell homes.

Recovering catholic here, and I'll say, with more than a little bias, that (at least in the eighties) catholic schools were #$!&@. They may have turned it around somewhat, but that's probably due to parents actually starting to understand and care about what's important in education, and forcing changes within those schools.

As for this story - my heart is absolutely sick. Just wish there was any "anwer" to this senselessness that we're seeing far too often lately. I don't have kids (want them), but I couldn't help but get choked up while watching this coverage. The suffering for about 20 sets of parents today is about as unimaginable as can be possible. Right before Christmas, gifts probably bought and wrapped...goddam. I'm getting worked up again, and I already went to the gym to "lift out" my anger. Don't think my joints can handle a round two.

i didnt mean to insinuate public school parents dont give a crap. sorry. my parents certainly did.

You didn't...the post you replied to did. No need to apologize.

Pastor Solomon went on to say on ABC News: "What did she see in there?"

"Well, she saw someone who she felt was angry and somebody who see felt was mad.

"How at 6 1/2 years old can you be that smart, that brave? I think it's impossible outside of divine intervention. She has wisdom beyond her years."

Eddie Jordan wrote:http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/121216/sandy-hook-shooting-girl-6-was-sole-survivor-her

Pastor Solomon went on to say on ABC News: "What did she see in there?"

"Well, she saw someone who she felt was angry and somebody who see felt was mad.

"How at 6 1/2 years old can you be that smart, that brave? I think it's impossible outside of divine intervention. She has wisdom beyond her years."

Am I wrong to be irritated by this? So God decided to step in and save one child in a classroom where every other child was slaughtered?
How does that play with the other parents that read that quote or hear that interview? I would tell that dude to go fuck himself.

Shore wrote:Not Adam Lanza's mom, but someone who's worried she might be, and can't get help:

http://thebluereview.org/i-am-adam-lanzas-mother/

CalvinBall wrote:Ann Coulter @AnnCoulter 33m
I'M ON HANNITY RADIO RIGHT NOW! more guns, less mass shootings ...

pacino wrote:one of the 6 year olds murdered gave her birthday money to a Hurricane Sandy fundraiser.

drsmooth wrote:

Eddie Jordan wrote:http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/121216/sandy-hook-shooting-girl-6-was-sole-survivor-her

Pastor Solomon went on to say on ABC News: "What did she see in there?"

"Well, she saw someone who she felt was angry and somebody who see felt was mad.

"How at 6 1/2 years old can you be that smart, that brave? I think it's impossible outside of divine intervention. She has wisdom beyond her years."

Am I wrong to be irritated by this? So God decided to step in and save one child in a classroom where every other child was slaughtered?
How does that play with the other parents that read that quote or hear that interview? I would tell that dude to go #$!&@ himself.

Well, I believe I can see how you're reading it, but at the same time I doubt the padre intended to denigrate the lives of the girl's classmates. It seems like he's commenting on her dispassionate assessment of the murderer under the circumstances ("...it's impossible that a little girl could have that sort of non-judgmental insight outside of divine..."), rather than suggesting her survival was the result of divine intervention.

"Somehow in that moment, by God's grace, [she] was able to act as she was already deceased."

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

Eddie Jordan wrote:http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/121216/sandy-hook-shooting-girl-6-was-sole-survivor-her

Pastor Solomon went on to say on ABC News: "What did she see in there?"

"Well, she saw someone who she felt was angry and somebody who see felt was mad.

"How at 6 1/2 years old can you be that smart, that brave? I think it's impossible outside of divine intervention. She has wisdom beyond her years."

Am I wrong to be irritated by this? So God decided to step in and save one child in a classroom where every other child was slaughtered?
How does that play with the other parents that read that quote or hear that interview? I would tell that dude to go #$!&@ himself.

Well, I believe I can see how you're reading it, but at the same time I doubt the padre intended to denigrate the lives of the girl's classmates. It seems like he's commenting on her dispassionate assessment of the murderer under the circumstances ("...it's impossible that a little girl could have that sort of non-judgmental insight outside of divine..."), rather than suggesting her survival was the result of divine intervention.

Well, he also said:

"Somehow in that moment, by God's grace, [she] was able to act as she was already deceased."

so I don't think Eddie Jordan's interpretation is far off at all. I hate when people say things like that. She survived because she was lucky and clever in a critical moment and somehow managed to resist the natural tendencies of a 7 y.o. Stop invoking God.

jerseyhoya wrote:

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

Eddie Jordan wrote:http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/121216/sandy-hook-shooting-girl-6-was-sole-survivor-her

Pastor Solomon went on to say on ABC News: "What did she see in there?"

"Well, she saw someone who she felt was angry and somebody who see felt was mad.

"How at 6 1/2 years old can you be that smart, that brave? I think it's impossible outside of divine intervention. She has wisdom beyond her years."

Am I wrong to be irritated by this? So God decided to step in and save one child in a classroom where every other child was slaughtered?
How does that play with the other parents that read that quote or hear that interview? I would tell that dude to go #$!&@ himself.

Well, I believe I can see how you're reading it, but at the same time I doubt the padre intended to denigrate the lives of the girl's classmates. It seems like he's commenting on her dispassionate assessment of the murderer under the circumstances ("...it's impossible that a little girl could have that sort of non-judgmental insight outside of divine..."), rather than suggesting her survival was the result of divine intervention.

Well, he also said:

"Somehow in that moment, by God's grace, [she] was able to act as she was already deceased."

so I don't think Eddie Jordan's interpretation is far off at all. I hate when people say things like that. She survived because she was lucky and clever in a critical moment and somehow managed to resist the natural tendencies of a 7 y.o. Stop invoking God.

Yes, a pastor should stop invoking god.

jerseyhoya wrote:

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

Eddie Jordan wrote:http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/121216/sandy-hook-shooting-girl-6-was-sole-survivor-her

Pastor Solomon went on to say on ABC News: "What did she see in there?"

"Well, she saw someone who she felt was angry and somebody who see felt was mad.

"How at 6 1/2 years old can you be that smart, that brave? I think it's impossible outside of divine intervention. She has wisdom beyond her years."

Am I wrong to be irritated by this? So God decided to step in and save one child in a classroom where every other child was slaughtered?
How does that play with the other parents that read that quote or hear that interview? I would tell that dude to go #$!&@ himself.

Well, I believe I can see how you're reading it, but at the same time I doubt the padre intended to denigrate the lives of the girl's classmates. It seems like he's commenting on her dispassionate assessment of the murderer under the circumstances ("...it's impossible that a little girl could have that sort of non-judgmental insight outside of divine..."), rather than suggesting her survival was the result of divine intervention.

Well, he also said:

"Somehow in that moment, by God's grace, [she] was able to act as she was already deceased."

so I don't think Eddie Jordan's interpretation is far off at all. I hate when people say things like that. She survived because she was lucky and clever in a critical moment and somehow managed to resist the natural tendencies of a 7 y.o. Stop invoking God.

Yes, a pastor should stop invoking god.