News Around The World Thread [world]

LOL we'll start our own Coldplay Village on that little island

Yes!  

It must be this one : 



"I took this picture because initially I thought it was funny. I was going to send it to my husband to show what our mischievous little three-year-old was up to. However, The moment she told me what she was doing I broke down. She was practicing for a lockdown drill at her preschool and what you should do if you are stuck in a bathroom. At that moment all innocense of what I thought my three-year-old possessed was gone.

Politicians - take a look. This is your child, your children, your grandchildren, your great grand children and future generations to come. They will live their lives and grow up in this world based on your decisions. They are barely 3 and they will hide in bathroom stalls standing on top of toilet seats. I do not know what will be harder for them? Trying to remain quiet for an extended amount of time or trying to keep their balance without letting a foot slip below the stall door?

No one thinks gun control will be 100% crime control. But maybe, just maybe, it helps 1% or 2% or 50%? Who knows unless we try? Why on earth are there not universal background checks? Where is a universal registration database? Why are high capacity magazines ever permitted to be sold to anyone other than direct to the military? Is that really necessary to protect yourself or hunt for that matter? What about smart guns, where are they? C’mon techies! The 2nd Amendment is a beast to battle and wiping out the right to bear arms is not on the table. Does anyone really think that will be accomplished? Because it won’t. Amended to some extent? Maybe. But how many decades will that take? Where’s the evolution of our so called “living document” for this subject matter? A document that originally allowed slavery and prevented women from voting? NRA, are you even trying? Let’s talk mental health. Where is the $500 million that the Obama administration put into the budget for approval…did it go through? Is it being implemented or just sitting there? Where is the access to care for those struggling with mental illness? Politicians, I ask you...how can I help?"

Stacey Wehrman Feeley, Facebook

I googled I had not seen it before. It's a different world from when I grew up, that's for sure :(

Ugh I saw this on the news today and I just cried for our world's children. We ae being forced to put our tiny children through drills on the proper way to hide from a mass murderer, because now that's a real possibility in our schools. My God, as the reporter on the news said earlier today, all we had when we were kids were tornado drills. How are the Republicans in Congress OK with this? Most of them must have children or grandchildren, in school practicing the same lock-downs as this little girl. Do they really think violence can't touch them and their families? Are they really that holier-than-thou? I can't even wrap my head around what's happening right now.