A week or so ago I attended a friend's son's birthday party. The party was most jovial, replete with an animal show, plenty of pizza, and more cake than a rambunctious group of 5-7 year olds could possibly consume. The host and I had a conversation about how Newtown was a great place to live with good schools and easy access to an interstate highway. Only in the past few days could I have told you whether any of those children were alive or dead.
My friend's daughter was four classrooms away from the massacre. I spent the day checking Facebook to see if she was one of the victims.
I'm still processing the whole thing and find myself needlessly short-tempered. And my connection is infinitesimal compared those who actually live there, a quaint and friendly town with good schools, attractive scenery, and a giant and historic flagpole that stands in the middle of its major thoroughfare.
All the children at the party and my friend's daughter survived.
Robert
Robert C. Bird
Associate Professor of Business Law
Northeast Utilities Chair in Business Ethics
Editor-in-Chief, American Business Law Journal
University of Connecticut, School of Business
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From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Herron, Daniel J. Dr.
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 12:10 PM
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Subject: Newtown
Dear ALSB'er's,
As the ALSB Executive Secretary, I refrain often from commenting on ALSBTALK about any issue that is remotely political, contentious, or argumentative, even in the least degree possible. As a father of two, and grandfather of four, including my 6 year old first grader gradnson, Jack, I've been experiencing a fundamental shaking of my entire core being as soon as I heard, late Friday night, about the Newtown tragedy. I have been trying to put into coherent thoughts my own reaction. But, each time I go to that place in my mind, trying to comprehend this event, that place is a dark whole of oblivion that leads me to utter despair.
I heard this long commentary by Joe Scarborough, conservative MSNBC commentator on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," and that commentary provided me with an articulation that I was unable to form myself. I offer it to you here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/ns/msnbc-morning_joe/#50222624
Dan
Dan Herron
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Professor, Business Legal Studies
Miami University
Executive Secretary, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (www.alsb.org) Director, Miami University Mock Trial Program (www.miamimocktrial.org)
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