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one_voice

(20,043 posts) Mon Apr 15, 2013, 07:12 PM Apr 2013

My son's facebook status... [View all]

Can't go to school. Can't go to the movies. Can't go to work. Can't walk to the cornerstore and buy Skittles. Can't run a marathon. Can't do anything in this country anymore.

He's 21.

Makes me sad he's seen that much violence.

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My son's facebook status... [View all] one_voice Apr 2013 OP

That is sad MaineLinePhilly Apr 2013 #1

No he never would be.. one_voice Apr 2013 #8

Awwe that's sad but really the chances of being caught up in something like this is very remote. moobu2 Apr 2013 #2

Grim times when I graduated high school, too. . . Journeyman Apr 2013 #3

Rec. Glimmer of Hope Apr 2013 #5

1973 kiva Apr 2013 #6

Oh my... one_voice Apr 2013 #7

All that you said Hekate Apr 2013 #10

Even if the odds of being harmed are 1 in 100,000, it feels like one in 100. reformist2 Apr 2013 #4

Oh, one_voice! Sissyk Apr 2013 #9

I guess it's no surprise... Libertas1776 Apr 2013 #11