When the outrageous is ordinary...

[kpete]

In memorandum: photos and stories of the Aurora theater shooting victims

Reaction to Colo. shooting: When the outrageous is ordinary

"Now, it's expected," Miller said. "It's happened so often."

"It's not the way it should be," said her sister, Sarah Miller, 18, "but it's the way it is."

Said Enriquez, "It's a part of life."

For them, that is true.

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/07/20/157094/reaction-to-colo-shooting-when.html#storylink=cpy

[lunatica]

1. Beautiful, vital people gone

I can't stop crying.

Thank you for posting this. I was just thinking how few are talking about the victims while so many are defending their right to own weapons, even weapons obviously used for larger body counts. The flood of NRA propaganda spouting trolls is disgusting, and shame on DUers who back them. No one wants to take their precious guns away but their fear of losing them hardens their hearts.

[riverwalker]

2. heartbreaking

I keep thinking about an interview with a girl who was comforting one of the wounded, a stranger. He had a severe head wound, and she held him, and he said "I can't feel my left side" and she looked at his head and it was bad. Then he asked her "Is there a hole in my head"?
People go to a movie in the suburbs, and an hour later are asking a stranger "is there a hole in my head". Not in Syria or a war zone, in suburban America. I cannot grasp this.

[DainBramaged]

3. Thank you