Dear Connecticut...

the mojo hobo · December 15, 2012, 05:06:46 PM

Wow. It took six pages before the obligatory Blackmore mention.

Highlander · December 15, 2012, 05:08:26 PM

I think I have the answer to all our problems...

uwe · December 15, 2012, 05:27:19 PM

Himmler, did I miss something while I was out for dinner? Seems like one can't leave you guys alone without something happening. Was I now a Nazi - that stands for No Ass Zone Infringer I believe - apologist or not? Goose stepping is good for your buttocks cheeks by the way.

I don't know what der große Stu said about others, but to the extent he called me a Nazi apologist: Schwamm drüber as we say in the Reic ..., in Germany wollte ich sagen. This thread was heated because it meant something to people and it works in everyone in a different way. I know that I can lash out badly with my tongue or my writing/typing hand. I'd appreciate it if others who felt insulted give it a good night's sleep. He's a Slade fan, there is not too many left of them!!!! Dave, please reconsider as well.

This thread did/does show that we all care about something like that happening. That is good. We also had a pretty decent discussion about something that goes to the core of your values, liebe Amerikaner, I understand that and think you held up well against my caustic remarks.

It's good to know that we can discuss about something other than Ritchie Backmore once in a while.

Over and out.

Uwe

uwe · December 15, 2012, 05:29:44 PM

Quote from: HERBIE on December 15, 2012, 05:08:26 PM
I think I have the answer to all our problems...

Didn't he say something like "gork barrara nektu"? I thought that was a good, flexible concept.

Highlander · December 15, 2012, 05:32:39 PM

Translates as, "Don't forget the batteries..."

uwe · December 15, 2012, 05:35:48 PM

Quote from: jumbodbassman on December 15, 2012, 03:23:58 PM
this is just beyond anything one can imagine. I live about 20 miles from Newtown. about 8 guys that have worked for me over the last years live in that town. haven't reached all of them yet. My middle daughter is a camp counseler during the summer and one of the kids was in her troupe. Played a gig last night and a couple that always comes and sees us was missing. turns out they lost a daughter. Another friend there went to school with the principal that got killed. rumor is the father worked for GE capital which was my employer up till friday as i got laid off a few weeks ago.

All i can say is you see these horrors on TV but think never..... this is a tough one

My sympathies, that must have hit home with you in the truest sense of the word. I'd be shattered if it happened to me or people close to me. Can make you lose faith with things but it really shouldn't.

Uwe

the mojo hobo · December 15, 2012, 05:39:22 PM

klaatu barada nikto

uwe · December 15, 2012, 05:55:27 PM

I saw the German-dubbed version!!!

chromium · December 15, 2012, 06:23:33 PM

Quote from: jumbodbassman on December 15, 2012, 03:23:58 PM
this is just beyond anything one can imagine. I live about 20 miles from Newtown. about 8 guys that have worked for me over the last years live in that town. haven't reached all of them yet. My middle daughter is a camp counseler during the summer and one of the kids was in her troupe. Played a gig last night and a couple that always comes and sees us was missing. turns out they lost a daughter. Another friend there went to school with the principal that got killed. rumor is the father worked for GE capital which was my employer up till friday as i got laid off a few weeks ago.

All i can say is you see these horrors on TV but think never..... this is a tough one

Sorry to hear about the job, and this tragedy happening in your neck of the woods.

I can't even fathom what those families and community are going thru. I have two boys in elementary, and would be lost without them.

Hörnisse · December 15, 2012, 07:44:55 PM

A lot of people will say that having a handgun at home is for protection. Around this time 2 years ago a fine musician named Bill Maddox lost his life with his own handgun. An intruder (crazed neighbor) broke into his home early in the morning and during the struggle (with Maddox and the intruder) Bill's wife came up with the gun and shot at the intruder. He proceeded to take the gun from her and kill her husband with it. Both men died from their wounds. Had the gun not been introduced Mr. Maddox would probably still be with us today.

I nearly choked up today when I saw this photo in the paper today. The look of fear on the girl in the blue shirt.

westen44 · December 16, 2012, 01:31:57 AM

Quote from: uwe on December 15, 2012, 05:27:19 PM
Himmler, did I miss something while I was out for dinner? Seems like one can't leave you guys alone without something happening. Was I now a Nazi - that stands for No Ass Zone Infringer I believe - apologist or not? Goose stepping is good for your buttocks cheeks by the way.

I don't know what der große Stu said about others, but to the extent he called me a Nazi apologist: Schwamm drüber as we say in the Reic ..., in Germany wollte ich sagen. This thread was heated because it meant something to people and it works in everyone in a different way. I know that I can lash out badly with my tongue or my writing/typing hand. I'd appreciate it if others who felt insulted give it a good night's sleep. He's a Slade fan, there is not too many left of them!!!! Dave, please reconsider as well.

This thread did/does show that we all care about something like that happening. That is good. We also had a pretty decent discussion about something that goes to the core of your values, liebe Amerikaner, I understand that and think you held up well against my caustic remarks.

It's good to know that we can discuss about something other than Ritchie Backmore once in a while.

Over and out.

Uwe

I don't know much of what was said because I haven't been online for hours. But the last time I checked, I was the one being attacked, not you. So, if I was called a Nazi, it wouldn't be a surprise. I would, however, like to say a few things. Obviously, not everyone liked the pic you posted. Since I don't look at porn on the Internet or watch it on TV, it did at least get my attention for a moment. If nothing else, it got my mind off the horror of this tragedy for a second. I agree with those who are saying the media is talking about this way too much. People are talking about it everywhere. I just had relatives over and it was one of the main things they wanted to talk about. Plus, they wanted to watch the coverage on TV. It's non-stop coverage now. My point is I'm living in a place where this is THE thing everyone is thinking about and being horrified by. So, if someone comes along and says my participation in a thread isn't being respectful, that's a value judgment based on very incomplete information. I am being very respectful and essentially still in shock over this event. I'm sorry, though, if my behavior doesn't meet up with the high standards of anyone who takes it upon himself to be my judge.

uwe · December 16, 2012, 02:43:31 AM

That naked bum was a pun on the gun everyone. It meant no disrespect to the slaughtered children and adults who weren't killed by a shapely bare female ass IIRC. BTW, if young Adam L. would have had access to more female bums and less manly guns, maybe, just maybe he wouldn't have gone on his shooting spree. People with an intact sex life generally don't murder children. And if a pic of a female tanga clad (or unclad!) butt is porn than the beaches of Catholic Brazil are full of porn stars and prostitutes (go tell that to their brothers, gringos!) since the eighties, meine lieben amerikanischen puritanischen und englischen sex-denying Freunde, fall to your knees and repent if you pleeze!!! Thank God, the Pilgrims didn't land everywhere, one savage sex beach thus de-Mayflowered was quite enough.

Back to the sad topic: It is here all over in the papers too. What do we do now, lock away all slightly autistic nerd kids pre-emptively? That is actually a question on my mind not an agitating statement.

And Dave, I have to disagree: It is a national tragedy, more so than a Challenger crash because a young guy barely out oh his teens with a disturbed mind did it, not a defunct fuel tank. It would (and should) be in any state on earth not ravaged by a civil war where massacres like that might be common place.

Bis bald, my next posting will be from NYC!

Uwe

Highlander · December 16, 2012, 03:10:39 AM

Quote from: uwe on December 15, 2012, 05:55:27 PM
I saw the German-dubbed version!!!

In that case... vergessen sie nicht, die batterien...

rahock · December 16, 2012, 06:06:24 AM

A tragedy is a tragedy and it is really not up to us to define whether it is local or national or whatever. The scope of a tragedy will be defined by the people that it affects regardless of how we choose to label it. Call it what you wish, it really doesn't matter because the popularity of this type of thing assures us that another tragic event such as this will likely happen in your town or somewhere nearby in your lifetime . Sharing the sorrow and grief is OK , whether it is with the people in your town, your country or the whole freakin' world. A tragedy is a tragedy and the boundaries will define themselves.
I just caught the morning news and found out why so few of the victims wound up at the hospital. Most of the people were shot multiple times, including one first grader who was shot eleven times!!!!! HOW COULD ANYONE DO SUCH A THING??!! This thing goes way beyond my limit of comprehension.
Rick

Denis · December 16, 2012, 06:48:05 AM

Quote from: Hörnisse on December 15, 2012, 07:44:55 PM
I nearly choked up today when I saw this photo in the paper today. The look of fear on the girl in the blue shirt.

My own opinions on the gun control issue will remain unmentioned in this thread.

This photograph at once broke my heart and made me proud of the adults in the photograph doing what adults should do: try to protect the children and keep them safe.