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Prayers for Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania
Amish school shooting today. Six killed, three children and one teacher among them.
I want to say something here to condemn this abomination or to express my condolences for this community and the communities of the schools affected by violence last week, but I feel frozen in horror.
I think of my little one at her Kindergarten right now and want to go pick her up, bring her home, and hold her close. I can hardly concieve of the agony of these families and the community.
I can only say, pray for peace and justice, everywhere.
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What I don't understand about this kind of person
He was getting revenge for "something" that happened 20 years ago, which in his case would have been when he was 12. What did a girl--and he was aiming for girls--do to him when he was 12, and did that a**hole who did this last week inspire him, and also, WTF?!
Lynn Siprelle, Editor
I thought I was inured to this type of news
I was wrong. I can't stop crying.
We have a growing Amish community in Northern New York. Families have been buying up the old, abandoned farms and revitalizing them. My son and I had the opportunity to watch a barnraising a couple of months ago. It was an awesome sight to behold - not just from a technical standpoint, but more importantly, from the standpoint of community and teamwork.
I can't understand what would drive such a horrific act, and I truly don't understand how anyone could want to harm little Amish girls.
Yep...target of opportunity is right
Talk about a big flashing neon sign that says, "Undefended: Children inside."
I don't know how you solve this with the Amish. They hunt, and use long rifles for food and predator protection, but they wouldn’t use that rifle for protection against this madman.
I am very very upset at the recent spate of school shootings. I think the sick minds in our society have just figured out that they are the easiest targets out there…you can hunt humans in a school with relative impunity. Who is gonna stop you?
I wonder how long it will take Al Qaida to put this to use?
What an incredible people
I have just been simply devastated by the events of the last week. As more and more details come out of the girls' bravery, their desire to pray for their own murderer and the incredible forgiveness of their families, I am just in awe-- in awe by this incredible group of people, probably the most amazing people God has ever put on this earth. Their immediate forgiveness of the perpetrator of these horrible acts and the embracing of his wife and family are just something I can't fathom. How good they are! How truly, truly good! We all should learn something from the Amish and how God plays such a role in their lives. They forgive in the name of God, not kill in His Name. They and their amazing little girls (now angels) will be in my prayers for a long, long, time.
opportunity
Word so far is that he chose that school not because it was Amish but because it was close-by and would be easy to take over.
Lynn Siprelle, Editor
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