Newtown School Violence

“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” -- John Muir.

Last Friday, December 14th, 2012, our hearts all felt a tremendous jolt and our attentions were all pulled to Newtown, Connecticut. We all felt a searing pain caused by a tear in the social fabric that connects us all together, a gaping hole caused by the violent passing of 20 innocent children and their school guardians.

Also gone are our sense of security, our taken-for-granted freedom to go freely where we want to go, such as schools, malls, movies and places of worship. Let us stand up and shout to demand our government to come together as soon as possible to mend and strengthen the very thread that holds our social fabric together, our fundamental freedom for assembly and from fear, before it is rendered asunder. Time is of the essence, as a saying goes: “A stitch in time saves nine.” Or 26!? Or even 27!?