Delayed shock
Aug. 1st, 2008 04:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
asdr83So one problem with not watching the news or reading newspapers is that you don't get much news. So it was only last night that i heard about the shooting in Tennessee.
For those of you, who like me, didn't hear, last Sunday a man walked into the sanctuary of a Unitarian Universalist church in Knoxsville and started shooting. The congregation had gathered to watch their kids perform a production based on Annie. Two people were killed and five injured. the man went in intending to shoot until police killed him, but two of the congregation physically subdued him while he was reloading. A signed four page letter in his car suggested that the shooting was due to the liberal leanings of the church, in particularly their role as a congregation welcoming to those of any sexual orientation. It appears he acted alone.
The president of the UUA and a team of disaster response ministers has gone down to help. Vigils have been held. Prayers are being said. Grieving and healing are happening.
For those of you, who like me, didn't hear, last Sunday a man walked into the sanctuary of a Unitarian Universalist church in Knoxsville and started shooting. The congregation had gathered to watch their kids perform a production based on Annie. Two people were killed and five injured. the man went in intending to shoot until police killed him, but two of the congregation physically subdued him while he was reloading. A signed four page letter in his car suggested that the shooting was due to the liberal leanings of the church, in particularly their role as a congregation welcoming to those of any sexual orientation. It appears he acted alone.
The president of the UUA and a team of disaster response ministers has gone down to help. Vigils have been held. Prayers are being said. Grieving and healing are happening.
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Date: 2008-08-01 11:07 pm (UTC)people are jerks. and idiots. i have been where you are. a lot. people suck. and they do stupid stuff that to any sane person goes against the very beliefs they profess.
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Date: 2008-08-11 12:52 pm (UTC)