I propose a day in memory of this tragic shooting

Hello Hipforums. Today is a dark day, during dark times. I'm proposing that we have a day in which we all wear a black shirt in memory of those poor children that were killed. Anybody who wants to partake, if we can get enough people, how about this Monday? I realize that this isn't that big, but just do it, tell your friends, just make sure many people do it. Is anybody interested in trying to get people to do so? If you are, spread it, please.

 

And what will it change? How will it help the kids?

 

I propose a day devoted to trying to solve the problem of mental illness. It's what causes or contributes to most suicides and many homicides.

 

Why don't we ever morn the kids killed every day in US drone strikes in countries like Pakistan?

I mean, yeah, this is horrible, obviously, but how come when our military wipes out a village of people there's never any outrage about that?

In a way, and I hate to say it, I am desensitized to this shit. This is a sick world, and it's not going to get any better.

Like that Tool song states... "the only way to fix it is to flush it all away."

I can't get outraged over this shit anymore.

 

I certainly will hold this day in my memory, perhaps not with a black shirt but with a heavy heart.

 

yes exactly!....and it costs sooo much money to get help. thats why most don,t. if you think you have some mental illness, it should be free to get help (before you hurt yourself or others). but no it will cost you a years salary and lots of lost work, and time. so most will never get help. it,s the main cause of these horrific events! not guns, wake up obama.

i put on a black shirt too.
i lost my dad to mental illness 2 years ago.

 

Those are the spoils of war. Not that it's an excuse obviously, israel should be tried for war crimes for specifically targeting children like cowards. But this was a completely unprompted, horrible event. Imagine the terror that those children felt... It's different from being in a war zone that's in constant danger. Plus it's in another country so it feels a little far removed for us to get too worked up about it. This is a senseless tragedy and a complete shock, which makes it such a national spectacle.

 

Hey guys. This wasn't necessarily a solid idea, but to start a discussion on what you will do in response to this.

 

those poor little american kids. let's all have a cry party for them.
fuck those kids in third world countries starving to death, dying of diseases, and being murdered by drone strikes. they're probably brown and not deserving of our compassion anyway.

 

I am not going to do anything. I am really sorry kids were killed, but I am not going to do anything, and probably won't think about it again.
And that's reality.

 

Unfortunately, that will probably be the same reality for me. Probably all of the thinking I've done on it was the last of it. It really is a shame that this happened, but yeah, wearing a black shirt, or even mourning, isn't going to do much of anything for those poor children.

 

as sad as this whole thing is, i'm kind of with pressed rat on this one (might be a first).

the UN brings cholera to haiti, thousands die, and nobody cares about it (and most people don't even know about it). US drone strikes kill innocent people in pakistan, afghanistan, yemen, somalia, probably more countries that i don't even know about... and nobody cares.

the world is fucked. but then again, it always has been, so i guess we're just left to try and ignore the shit we can't change, and try to have as much of a positive impact as we can in our own communities.

 

It's terrible and tragic and I am so sorry for those people, but I can't mourn every tragedy forever.

 

Chances are I'll be wearing a black shirt that day only because I seem to have a lot of them.

 

We don't need to be wearing black shirts. We don't need to confine it to thses poor children. There should be a day that represents a day for children that die through no fault of their own - perhaps just due to violence.
A Children's remembrance day (millions is spent on mothers and fathers day!).

What happened?

 

'A top US cholera specialist, Dr Daniele Lantagne, said after studying new scientific data that it is now "most likely" the source of the outbreak was a camp for recently-arrived UN soldiers from Nepal - a country where cholera is widespread.'


m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20024400

 

To be honest, I read that article. I wanted to see what your spin on the story was. Perhaps unfairly I was thinking you were suggesting that they spread it intentionally. Rather than because of inadequate facilities.

 

No, I'm no conspiracy nut. It's just one more item in a long list of UN fuck-ups in Haiti.

 

...what a relief.

 

Conspiracies don't happen. We'd hear about it on the news.