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Aristus

(66,327 posts)
Sat Dec 22, 2012, 01:25 PM Dec 2012

Saturday, December 22nd. The Newtown Memorial Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day.









"I think our country sinks beneath the yoke:
It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds."

Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 3, Lines 39-41.
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Saturday, December 22nd. The Newtown Memorial Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day. (Original Post) Aristus Dec 2012 OP
Oh, my dear Aristus... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #1
Thank you, CalPeg. Aristus Dec 2012 #10
Thank you, Aristus sarge43 Dec 2012 #2
. fizzgig Dec 2012 #3
Very moving... Phentex Dec 2012 #4
#10 - off to the greatest with this thread - Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #5
. Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #6
bravo! nt Scruffy Rumbler Dec 2012 #7
This should stay on the Greatest Page until something is done in this country to stop this madness! livetohike Dec 2012 #8
thank you and if you don't mind I'm borrowing it. auntAgonist Dec 2012 #9
Where are you going to be posting it? Aristus Dec 2012 #17
I used the quote only, on my Facebook page. thanks :) auntAgonist Dec 2012 #18
. femmocrat Dec 2012 #11
Posting to FB. Thanks Aristus. nolabear Dec 2012 #12
A very appropriate sentiment Denninmi Dec 2012 #13
Very moving mokawanis Dec 2012 #14
Word. love_katz Dec 2012 #15
You know, I feel bad for the kids being led away by a police officer question everything Dec 2012 #16

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,607 posts)
1. Oh, my dear Aristus...
Sat Dec 22, 2012, 01:29 PM
Dec 2012

This is really perfect.

You have captured the horror, the loss, the grief, the stunning irreversible loss of that horrible day. And of course, the quote just really brings it all into focus.

I was holding it in until I got to the candles; then I lost it. All those innocent lives, gone.



Thank you!

Aristus

(66,327 posts)
17. Where are you going to be posting it?
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 03:56 PM
Dec 2012

I'd like to see it. I hope a lot of people will see it wherever it is that you post it.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
13. A very appropriate sentiment
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 12:46 AM
Dec 2012

For a very grave wound.

Humanity should be about love, not hate, peace, not war, and life, not death. To embrace the good is to embrace our better selves.

question everything

(47,475 posts)
16. You know, I feel bad for the kids being led away by a police officer
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 02:42 AM
Dec 2012

Their faces are clear - thought I have seen one instances where their faces were fogged.

Every time they will see this photo they will relive the nightmare.

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