tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post6900397677595076780..comments2024-03-27T12:08:02.812+00:00Comments on THE SMALL THINGS: SombreTania Kindersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-80350884681456703952010-06-03T12:12:12.366+01:002010-06-03T12:12:12.366+01:00The news yesterday was utterly awful. I don't ...The news yesterday was utterly awful. I don't understand what drives people to this and the criminal psychologist on Newsnight didn't seem to either which I found extremely alarming. <br /><br />The argument by some people that if people who perpetrate these attrocities didn't have a gun they would use their hands or knives doesn't wash with me I'm afraid- guns make it too easy and are one step removed from physically ending someone with your hands even if it is with a weapon. I don't believe there is any place for them in society but I do accept that there will always be some guns- illegally and through the black market. I don't accept that people need them in their homes. If they want them for sport they should be kept at a range. I perhaps see that farmers need them sometimes but honestly I don't really even like that idea- but then perhaps I'm a soft townie. <br /><br />i'm horrified by the whole thing- I am horrified that someone could be pushed this far and I don't believe someone who functioned well in society before just changed chemically, I believe that the world we live in is very very hard sometimes and we don't always see people's pain or trouble well enough or make it easy enough for people to get help. <br /><br />I agree about the non stop coverage- except to tell people to stay inside which was obviously necessary while it was going on it was pretty hysterical and horrid.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-10880915767343124332010-06-03T10:03:45.585+01:002010-06-03T10:03:45.585+01:00One of the things I love most about raising my chi...One of the things I love most about raising my children in the UK is that 'this kind of thing just doesn't happen.' I guess that's what makes it all the more shocking especially, as you say, in stark contrast to the peaceful surroundings. Why?Nappy Valley Housewifehttp://nappyvalleyhousewife.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-48422387999352765532010-06-02T22:59:49.674+01:002010-06-02T22:59:49.674+01:00I am *stunned* by what has happened....it still ha...I am *stunned* by what has happened....it still hasn't sunk in. I'm from Cumbria; I grew up near Appleby then latterly Hawkshead; This just *doesn't* happen there...it genuinely is the peaceful idyll people talk about. My mind has been on my home county all day and my thoughts are with all those touched by this tragedy.Stripeycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02939664718135123631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-36466052861554103092010-06-02T21:53:08.601+01:002010-06-02T21:53:08.601+01:00We've just woken up to this on the news and I ...We've just woken up to this on the news and I am so sorry to hear this sadness. <br /><br />When I first visited Cumbria 18 years ago it was at the invitation of some family friends. I'd just arrived in England via Thailand and the Greek islands and I went somewhat reluctantly, really wanting to get stuck into London. To my surprise I fell in love with exactly what your pictures show. Really, a bit of peace and quiet and much beauty after a lot of youthful madness. <br /><br />Like you I felt sure it was another Cumbria, somewhere else. I hope peace returns soon to such a gentle piece of countryside.Janenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-34592374142079843382010-06-02T20:16:53.099+01:002010-06-02T20:16:53.099+01:00Alex - I do agree. I know that the news must be to...Alex - I do agree. I know that the news must be told, but I find the endless questioning of eyewitnesses and neighbours goulish and voyeuristic. The whole thing is so shocking and horrible, it feels somehow wrong that the news feasts on it so.Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-36672255743741928332010-06-02T16:57:29.793+01:002010-06-02T16:57:29.793+01:00It's just hideous news. I always have Radio 5...It's just hideous news. I always have Radio 5 on at work and have been listening to it all unfold this afternoon with the news getting steadily worse and worse.<br /><br />I do wish they'd exercise a bit of editorial control though as there have been some rather gruesomely ott eyewitness accounts and really, I'd rather not know the exact details of it.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11337968500120821387noreply@blogger.com