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Massacre of the Innocents [Steyn]
National Review ^ | 12/21/2012 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 12/22/2012 8:05:06 AM PST by Servant of the Cross

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To: Mrs. Don-o
Here is the little door . . .

Here is the little door, lift up the latch, oh lift!
We need not wander more but enter with our gift;
Our gift of finest gold,
Gold that was never bought nor sold;
Myrrh to be strewn about his bed;
Incense in clouds about his head;
All for the Child who stirs not in his sleep.
But holy slumber holds with ass and sheep.

Bend low about his bed, for each he has a gift;
See how his eyes awake, lift up your hands, O lift!
For gold, he gives a keen-edged sword
(Defend with it Thy little Lord!)
For incense, smoke of battle red;
Myrrh for the honoured happy dead;
Gifts for his children terrible and sweet,
Touched by such tiny hands and
Oh such tiny feet.

- Frances Chesterton

21 posted on 12/22/2012 12:28:55 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: AnAmericanMother

Oh my. Thank you for this.


22 posted on 12/22/2012 12:39:07 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.")
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To: passionfruit
We won’t ever find meaning in murders committed by lunatics. It just happens.

I just heard earlier today, Mayor (Nanny) Bloomberg stating definitively that these events "only happen in America".

I believe the nutcase that shot up an entire island of vacationing youngsters a few years ago, was just on trial in NORWAY.

23 posted on 12/22/2012 12:43:25 PM PST by LibertarianLiz
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To: AnAmericanMother

Just read it a second and third time, with the music. The thought of that battle red.


24 posted on 12/22/2012 1:09:28 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.")
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To: Mrs. Don-o
It is splendid and incredibly moving. Frances Chesterton (G.K.'s wife) wrote it for a Christmas play - that must have been one terrifying play is all I can say.

Howells achieved a perfect marriage of text and music - he was working for the Tudor music revival at Westminster Cathedral at the time, and the setting is partly English Renaissance and partly modern.

I found it about 2 weeks ago and have been listening to it on and off. I found the score on CPDL and have lateraled it to our choirmaster for possible inclusion in the rotation.

25 posted on 12/22/2012 1:43:34 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: heartwood
***The knife attack WOUNDED twenty-two children.**** Well maybe these school massacres will make you happy. Yan Yanming, 21 Nov. 26 2004 Ruzhou China 9 dead 3 injured. Knife weapon Takuma, Mamoru, 37 June 8 2001 Ikeda, Osaka Japan 8 dead 15 injured. Knife type weapon Zheng Minsheng, 41 (郑明生) March 23 2010, Nanping China 8 dead 5 injured. Knife. Bai Ningyang, 18(白宁阳) May 8 2006 Shiguan China 12 dead 5 wounded. Knife weapon and arson. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rampage_killers:_School_massacres There! Feel better?
26 posted on 12/22/2012 3:33:56 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (REOPEN THE CLOSED MENTAL INSTITUTIONS! Damn the ACLU!)
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To: Servant of the Cross
As the comedian Andy Borowitz tweeted, “When the 2nd Amendment was written the most lethal gun available was the musket.”

And when the 1st Amendment was written state-of-the-art in media was "movable type".

Does he advocate restrictions on the media comparable to those he no-doubt advocates on firearms?

27 posted on 12/23/2012 7:11:41 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Servant of the Cross

this one really stands out. Thanks for the ping.


28 posted on 12/24/2012 12:07:17 PM PST by holly go-rightly
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