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tblue37

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32. KnR. nt

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Sat Jun 28, 2014, 12:39 AM

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His father's eyes [View all] FourScore Jun 2014 OP

I don't know why this is sinking like a stone. FourScore Jun 2014 #1

Very poignant, indeed, and all too common. UtahLib Jun 2014 #5

It is probably sinking because we don't know what to say. There are no words. meti57b Jun 2014 #6

I don't understand the reason for the title, which is an allusion to "Rosemary's Baby." WinkyDink Jun 2014 #2

The title is in the text. FourScore Jun 2014 #4

I read hastily. However, the quote is fairly famous, so I think adding the preposition would have WinkyDink Jun 2014 #9

I think you are guilty of being a film buff! FourScore Jun 2014 #21

Yeah, same here. That's the first thing I thought, too, but I assumed because it's posted here, that calimary Jun 2014 #22

I know the expression is pre-60s--and I'm an Ira Levin fan nt MisterP Jun 2014 #31

k & r. marble falls Jun 2014 #3

Thanks for the post. ctsnowman Jun 2014 #7

I hope I these type stories never stop making me sad. Too many of us have just LoisB Jun 2014 #8

+1 greatlaurel Jun 2014 #13

My god what statistics - 7 deaths per day among people 1-19 years old. toby jo Jun 2014 #10

It is sickening, my thoughts mirror yours. greatlaurel Jun 2014 #14

We are at war--of a type emsimon33 Jun 2014 #34

. libodem Jun 2014 #11

7 deaths per day ages 1 to 19 from guns. 6,570 dead ages 1 to 24 years in 2010 greatlaurel Jun 2014 #12

greatlaurel Diclotican Jun 2014 #35

..... Grey Jun 2014 #15

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #16

This ripped my heart out. So beautiful written and so horrible. Thank you, FourScore. I'm going to DesertDiamond Jun 2014 #17

WOW, just the excerpt here is vivid and heart-wrenching. dballance Jun 2014 #18

K&R stage left Jun 2014 #19

Hey, Wayne LaPierre says its just the price we pay for freedumb and liburty. flamin lib Jun 2014 #20

Freedumb indeed. calimary Jun 2014 #23

If someone was going around killing 7 children each and every day, there would be a nationwide Fla Dem Jun 2014 #24

+100 billh58 Jun 2014 #25

And this point should be a thread all its own. nt Ilsa Jun 2014 #30

I know this thread is meant to be about guns, but YarnAddict Jun 2014 #26

"Gun injuries cause twice as many deaths as cancer, 5 times as many as heart disease, and 15 times valerief Jun 2014 #27

Wow! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 #28

kick. nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #29

KnR. nt tblue37 Jun 2014 #32

K&R countryjake Jun 2014 #33

K&R Borchkins Jun 2014 #36

K&R myrna minx Jun 2014 #37