So while looking at the local paper this morning, I see a headline - House of Representatives offers its sympathy to Omaha - in response the the shootings at Westroads Mall.
I clicked on the link to read the story. I thought that was nice that as they started their week they were making an acknowledgement of what happened. But then I started to read the story.
"House members unanimously approved a resolution that expressed their "heartfelt sympathy" for the victims and their families and thanked local officials and emergency personnel for a quick response in securing the mall and the surrounding area."
Does it bother anyone else that they have to take a vote to issue a statement that as a group, public body, and elected officials they acknowledge what happened and are thinking of those affected? And that by taking a vote, it assumes that by chance there might have been someone who would have voted to not pass such a resolution.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Why would you say something like this?
The first week in December there was a mall shooting at the Westroads here in town. It was a truly a terrible thing.
Last week, I was making a purchase at a store and the clerk stopped, stared at me, and told me that I looked exactly like one of the young girls that was killed in the shooting at the mall. "That's really freaky," was her comment.
Why on earth would you tell a complete stranger that they looked exactly like someone who was just killed? Wouldn't you have stopped the person and perhaps instead said "You look really familiar."
Last week, I was making a purchase at a store and the clerk stopped, stared at me, and told me that I looked exactly like one of the young girls that was killed in the shooting at the mall. "That's really freaky," was her comment.
Why on earth would you tell a complete stranger that they looked exactly like someone who was just killed? Wouldn't you have stopped the person and perhaps instead said "You look really familiar."
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