Relatives forgive Charleston killer
19-06-2015, 22:40
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Relatives forgive Charleston killer
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The teenage children of one of the victims of the shooting at a church in Charleston, say they have forgiven their mother's killer.
In this extended interview with the BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan, Chris and Camryn Singleton said they wanted to focus on moving on in a positive way.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33199174
I don't think I could do that. All credit to them though - I hope they can rebuild their lives.
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20-06-2015, 08:46
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Re: Relatives forgive Charleston killer
Good on them.
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21-06-2015, 07:43
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It seems the NRA aren't as forgiving. An NRA board member thinks if everyone was packing their own weapons everything would have been just rosy.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...-victim-death/
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On TexasCHLForum.com, a message board, Cotton wrote that “Eight of his church members who might be alive if he had expressly allowed members to carry handguns in church are dead. Innocent people died because of his position on a political issue
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21-06-2015, 08:54
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Yep that's just typical of the NRA.
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21-06-2015, 09:04
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Re: Relatives forgive Charleston killer
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Blame it on the fact that not enough people carry guns
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21-06-2015, 09:25
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Re: Relatives forgive Charleston killer
Contrast the difference in government response if the killer is a Muslim and the victims are white.
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21-06-2015, 09:40
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Re: Relatives forgive Charleston killer
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its the old safety in numbers thing the only slight problem i can see is if every one had a gun and opened fire there would be hundreds of rounds bouncing off the walls from every direction ,nope its just another american dumb idea .
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21-06-2015, 09:53
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The US:
Land of the Free - Free to be shot by gun toting lunatics, gangsters, police, children...
Home of the Brave - You need to be.
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21-06-2015, 09:54
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Re: Relatives forgive Charleston killer
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Contrast the difference in government response if the killer is a Muslim and the victims are white.
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And that of Fox News, who tried to spin this as "an attack on Faith".
Strangely enough, that wasn't the tack they took when the Sikh Temple attack in Wisconsin in 2012 happened....
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21-06-2015, 12:38
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Re: Relatives forgive Charleston killer
Remember that the NRA don't care if you're offended. They're seeking to be as outrageous as possible to move the conversation away from moderate Gun Control laws and onto how outrageous they are.
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21-06-2015, 12:44
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Re: Relatives forgive Charleston killer
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Remember that the NRA don't care if you're offended. They're seeking to be as outrageous as possible to move the conversation away from moderate Gun Control laws and onto how outrageous they are.
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I believe they're highly effective in targeting, 'outing' and campaigning against or boycotting those who dare to press for gun controls. They're extremists in any real sense of the term.
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10-01-2017, 22:11
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11-01-2017, 07:06
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Re: Relatives forgive Charleston killer
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Good on them.
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Indeed. If I was ever unfortunate enough to be in their position I doubt I could do the same even though I know the only person I'd be damaging was myself if I didn't in the long run.
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its the old safety in numbers thing the only slight problem i can see is if every one had a gun and opened fire there would be hundreds of rounds bouncing off the walls from every direction ,nope its just another american dumb idea .
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They said the same about the cinema massacre, imagine the carnage if all the audience had been armed and blasting away in the dark.
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11-01-2017, 11:40
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Re: Relatives forgive Charleston killer
Forgiveness is a key tenant of the Christian faith which would state that if you don't forgive God won't forgive you.
That doesn't mean that those guilty don't have to face consequences for their actions, just means the individuals don't need to bring that about.
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11-01-2017, 14:13
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Re: Relatives forgive Charleston killer
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But will be on Death Row for another 25 years.
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