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These Eyes

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9. That kind of response is exactly the reason why I've stayed away ...

Reply to True Dough (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 10:55 AM

Aug 2016

And I'm sorry I stopped by today. Talk about insensitive! They're not missing the point -- they simply don't care. It's easy to joke about the loss of a life when, in one's opinion, the life has no value.

My heart breaks for his family, especially his children.

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