That was my favourite part!

"...why the hell believing in a Jewish proto-hippie with long, lustrous hair tends to turn some people into irredeemable assholes."

As someone with allergies to a lot of perfume ingredients, thank you. I can wear No.5 because it doesn't have synthetic crap in it. Same with 24 Faubourg. It's the trash from Body Shop, Calgon, et al that messes with my allergies.

I don't care for the thighlights posts, myself, but they do include women periodically. I think it's more about prowess and accomplishment? Either way, it doesn't bother me, but I see how it could bother others.

All parents are still flawed humans. I agree with the concept. I wouldn't keep guns in that house, but it's likely she never suspected it could escalate to this.

I'm not anti-gun, and as I've said elsewhere, I don't think gun control is the singular solution, but a look at the laws and regulations can't hurt.

I really hope you're right! I find the adversarial nature of politics in the US and in Canada overwhelming at times. When people spend more time looking for issues to disagree on than they spend looking for common ground, it's no wonder progress stalls.

Honestly, I prefer it that way. Every time they've previously spoken out following a mass gun tragedy, they've said inappropriate things. I'm glad they're keeping it to themselves.

Personally, I think publishing the videos of chaos taken by security cameras or by press/police during evacuation and aftermath go too far. I won't watch them. I don't love the photos of mourners. I know if I was crying for a loss or out of fear for my child, I wouldn't want a photo of that across the media.

It looks like we do disagree, but I don't think it's any one thing, either. There are a lot of factors contributing to America's uniquely high rates of public mass murder and gun crime. I think that gun control, mental health treatment, media (as you mentioned elsewhere), and other more ingrained socio-economic…

I should mention that I absolutely don't mean to fault all the citizens of the US, especially at a time like this, but the lawmakers that have failed you.

It is.

Exactly. My family has no shortage of rifles, but we're licensed to have and use them, store them legally, and use them responsibly. Hunting season? Rabid animal? Extreme situation that will likely never occur in which we need to defend ourselves? Yep. Never would any of us dream of driving around with one in the car,…

As a Canadian, my heart is with those from Newtown tonight, as are the hearts of everyone I know.

In the wake of something like this, people look for solutions, and there's one glaring problem in America, that would be a very good start toward preventing things like this from happening again if addressed.

Both are important. Access to guns didn't prompt him to shoot up the place, but they allowed him to do it relatively easily. The rest of the world is also mourning of those families who lost so much and hoping that the US takes a big step to fix this now. Gun control is a very good start.

Carrying a gun every day doesn't mean you can use it effectively in a critical and chaotic situation, dipshit. Even highly trained police officers and personnel kill innocent people at the scene of a crime as well as their fellow soldiers and officers.

This is the best article I've seen on Jez in years. Thank you, Sarah Brown. From someone who used to have best friends, and now roams between social circles while dealing with chronic social anxiety. The discussions being carried out in the comments are all so important.

I'm engaged and this is my biggest fear. I keep putting off the wedding. He has a hard time cutting his groomsmen down to a reasonable number, and I have a hard time thinking of who will even be willing to be a bridesmaid.