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In reply to the discussion: This is a time of shame and sorrow. It is not a day for politics. [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)52. Not really. Robert Kennedy's words can't be repeated often enough.
I just think they ought to be heard by more people, thus a new post in GD.
OP edited now to include attribution to RFK and to Robb's OP.
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I miss Bobby Kennedy more than Martin or John. He was the hope my generation held so closely.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#15
I was only twelve years old, but I did get to see him on his tour through California.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#93
Agreed, calimary. What is it about our culture that makes people want to be so violent.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#18
No argument here. We owe it to our children to consider every possible cause of violent behavior.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#8
Correlation does not imply causation. More violence is perpetrated by men, who are raised
jtuck004
Sep 2013
#9
This is a very interesting topic. I agree that more research on it needs to be done.
totodeinhere
Sep 2013
#83
The study cited in your article is interesting, makes me wonder about a solution...
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#115
Bobby Kennedy was particularly skillful in building consensus and staying on point.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#12
And using a picture of the kids in Newtown, to make an anti-gun control point, apparently.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2013
#37
Are you going to answer Robb's point? About, say, the shotun thread 2 days after Newtown?
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2013
#40
You copied the OP except for the references to gun control, which you removed as "unnecessary"
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2013
#57
Your selective editing is political, in addition to being disgusting and dishonest. nt
Electric Monk
Sep 2013
#21
" Surely, this bond of common faith, this bond of common goal, can begin to teach us something."
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#46
Sadly, that does not seem to be the issue tonight. I've got better things to do. (Warning: Kitteh!)
freshwest
Sep 2013
#79
Anyone can read the original, even if not logged in. Only gun nuts are blocked from replying there.
Electric Monk
Sep 2013
#34
I followed the link and find the situation very puzzling and disturbing. Totally unexpected.
IrishAyes
Sep 2013
#32
Take full note that my compliment has been withdrawn as the hypocrisy of your behavior
IrishAyes
Sep 2013
#112
Edit the OP, with credit and show his OP in a different font than your additions. No problem then.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#51
Allow me to add this additional section which certainly applies to our current society:
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#70
I'm seeing one link that does not show that; it appears to be valid; is there a full transcript.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#80
Adding Audio Clip and Transcript: In his own words, "On the Mindless Menace of Violence in America.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#76
Yes, thanks. The general well being of our nation is at stake here. K&R
Tuesday Afternoon
Sep 2013
#77
Possibly, you're thinking of the Indianapolis speech he gave on the day of the assassination.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#84
RFK was a visionary, he was transcendent, the best of that generation. Standing on a flat-bed truck
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#103
Violence Has Killed Society In America - The Road To Redemption Will Be Difficult At Best
cantbeserious
Sep 2013
#85
New measures that would include more restrictions on the ownership of deadly weapons...
YoungDemCA
Sep 2013
#90
What you've done is get your licks in and then tell others to shut up and swallow it.
IrishAyes
Sep 2013
#111
President Clinton: Speech at the 25th Anniversary Memorial Mass for Robert F. Kennedy (June 6, 1993)
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#98
REMARKABLE: "Landmark for Peace Memorial", Indianapolis, on site of RFK's speech"
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#113