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I've read through this entire thread and I have to say that I admire and respect everyone's viewpoints. Even those who seem to be on the opposite side of where I stand. We are quite an intelligent, caring group of people. It's great that we have each other to connect with in times like this.

I am very sad. For the families of the victims, for those who survived with terrible emotional and/or physical scars, for the students and staff who personally witnessed any of this, for the officials who are perhaps second-guessing their decisions--not just the police--but the people who knew about his mental condition and failed to take more precautions, for the gunman's family who must feel such horrible shame and grief, and for society, because it will forever change us. Cause us to have to constantly look behind our shoulders, constantly be on the alert. And evenmore so, change the way we look at others in our society and cause some people to unfairly secondguess or target others who are different--yet who are completely innocent, harmless souls.

I think that some of the heat felt in this discussion might be because of the sadness each of us undoubtedly feels. And maybe a bit of fear as well? I know that it made me more fearful. Because if you think about it, it could have been any one of us or someone close to us. But, we can't let this smurfhead do this to us. Cause that is what he wanted. He wanted to hurt people. Not just the people who died, but he wanted to scare everyone in society. Why else would he have sent that stuff to the media? So, he could forever haunt us and scare us.

I, for one, am going to try my hardest not to be so scared. Otherwise, he wins. And I am not ever going to let this madman or any other madman scare me so much that I lose my joy of life. I am going to live my life as fully as I can each day. Stop and smell the roses whenever I can.