Obviously some people here are thick headed and dense, to put it mildly, or are just down right rude and disrespectful for the hell of it. To use the barbaric and brutal slaughter of innocent people as a political soapbox to try and convince others of their rhetorical gibberish is a pathetic display of desperation. If it werent for the seriousness of the situation it would be almost laughable. Believe me when I tell you that you convince no one. Instead, you merely show your ignorance smothered in callousness and insensitivity. You cant even allow for the expression of compassion without mutilating and misrepresenting the attempt. No one is forced to post to this thread. The objective of this thread was to express condolences and share sympathy for those affected by this criminal tragedy, not for the posting of your political views. There are many web blogs on the Internet that would satisfy your obsessive itch to rant political rhetorical nonsense to your hearts content with both pros and cons.