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FightForMichigan

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9. No

Reply to msanthrope (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 03:01 PM

Dec 2012

I don't think those trees will do anything for those parents. Those poor people are probably beyond the point of this kind of gesture being able to comfort them.

Gestures like these are for people who want to express grief but have no other way to do it. You don't know the family, you're not from the town, but you want to do something.

It's not heresy to say that it would be nice if that something were a little more mindful of who these children were.

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26 Christmas trees line the road leading up to the school... [View all] cynatnite Dec 2012 OP

I'm sure that will help a lot. HERVEPA Dec 2012 #1

Thank you. FightForMichigan Dec 2012 #4

Oh fer chrissakes...you think those parents are concerning themselves msanthrope Dec 2012 #6

No FightForMichigan Dec 2012 #9

As blunt as you were Capt. Obvious Dec 2012 #10

Well said DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #8

Im not sure what this does... Earth_First Dec 2012 #2

They become shrines... cynatnite Dec 2012 #5

We certainly are number one in symbolic gestures, aren't we SoCalDem Dec 2012 #3

Seriously. Sheldon Cooper Dec 2012 #7