Husker Basketball05 Dec 2007 :: Posted by: Ed
I sit here watching the Nebraska v. Western Kentucky basketball game with a heavy heart. After watching hours of news coverage of the tragic events that took place earlier today at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, I decided I needed a break. There is now 12:50 to play in the game and the Huskers, who have struggled all night, have finally pulled ahead by four. Normally I would be in a great mood. Tonight I am numb.
My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone that was affected by this horrendous act by an obviously disturbed man. I know Nebraskans will rally and we will all get through this together. In the end we will be stronger for it. God Bless.
December 5th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
This event hit my family hard. A close friend of ours Dad was killed in the mall. In fact, the wall is only about 3/4 of a mile from my home. May all of our thoughts and prayers be with the victims and their families.
December 5th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
@Pete
I am less than 2 miles from the mall. Tell your Dad and the rest of your family my thoughts and prayers are with them and the families of the victims.
December 5th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Our thoughts and prayers here from the capital city go out to all of those who were affected by today’s tragic events at Westroads. Nebraskans will take care of their own, and we will get through this.
December 5th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
Obviously thoughts and prayers go to anybody affected by the tragedy. I remember the wise words of my late Father on mass shootings. If you’re going to do that shoot yourself first. Very sad indeed.
December 5th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Maybe not the correct thing to say, but I am not surprised at all. My wife who works in a pharmacy tells me how 8,9,10 month old babies are getting prescriptions filled for wellbutrin and other “synthetic” anti-depressants. She tells me how whole families are on this CRAP. It’s amazing that more people don’t snap with all the crap they have taken. Soon this “bridge” drug isn’t strong enough and then you move to a stronger anti-depressent. When people learn that happiness does not come from a pill, it will stop. But that’s just my 2 cents worth.
December 5th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
@Pete
Give your family my condolences.
December 5th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
@HB
I agree. drugs are not a cure all, obvisouly I am sorry for the families that suffered a loss at the hands of this cowardly piece of garbage. To keep this some what sports related, I think this is a good example of why we need to go back to teaching your children how to deal with losing. I think it is stupid that when it comes to sports they do not keep score for younger kids. I know this guy had other issues but losing your girlfriend and your job at god damn McDonalds shouldn’t be enough to push you that far over the edge. Our world has become a bunch of over sensitive wussy’s. Our children should be taught as early as possible that yea losing sucks but guess what? It a part of life and you need to deal with it. My son started racing moto-cross when he was 6. The thing I love about this sport is that they do not treat every kid as an equal. If you come in last, you get a stupid little trophy that most kid’s don’t even want, but if you win, you get a trophy that is about 3 feet tall and you get to go rub it in the face of all the other kids. And the amazing thing is, most kid’s don’t get mad about it, it just makes them want to go work harder and become better. Most important, it makes them understand how to deal with losing and that sometimes life sucks, but you work hard and soon you will be the kid standing there with the huge trophy.
I don’t know what the answer to solving this stupid problem is, but I am certain that teaching kids when they are young about the facts of life can’t hurt. I’m not one to dwell on the messed up things that happen everyday, tomorrow I won’t even think about what happened today, I have better things to do, like spend time with my kid’s while I can. I just wish I could have had 5 minutes alone with this guy before he shot himself.
I’m out, see ya tomorrow to talk about football, some jack off with a gun isn’t going to ruin my Bo buzz!!
December 6th, 2007 at 6:42 am
…The best thing we can do is glorify the victims and their lives and ignore the criminal that caused the pain. Personally I wish the media would stop showing his picture and saying his name.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
It is a sad situation, and an unfortunate outcome for victims and there families. All the good karma i can conjure is headed there way. However, I do not need continuos coverage of the shooting, I don’t need to hear it on every station. Whose to blame? lets see, he wanted to be famous or infamous in this case and who has put him front and center the news media. Will we see retrospectives of each victims life given the same amount of coverage? We may see a documentary, that will no doubt replay the carnage as well touch briefly on each victims life. why do they cover the pain and misery so in depth, because of viewers like you and me. I agree with Huskerbrad happiness doesn’t come from a pill, but from a BCS bowl berth. Foreverred was right on, we need to stop coddling kids. LIfe is about ups and downs, wins and losses. It is a jungle out there, but how depressed could the kid be looked like he had a better vehicle than i do. Let kids lose, letta em win. Forget timeout, but do not unecessarily spank. A quote from Rocky Balboa- “It ain’t about how hard you hit, but how hard you can get hit and get back up” Thats life every one of has had that day or days when life cracked you up side the skull, but somewhere we learned that for all the downs in lifes there are going to be some great ups, it balances out pretty good. We just got to teach whoever will listen starting with our own families, that some days you win some days you lose, but each day you live and learn and move on to the next. I may be a cold hearted sob but, i better get some husker coverage on the news tonight.
December 6th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
How come they never interview anybody like us on the news? Maybe they do, it just get’s deleted!!!
Nice post RtD.