I haven’t stopped crying since this tragedy on Friday.

No, your son did not make a good point. You can’t compare what happened in Connecticut to what goes on around the world everyday. No matter how you look at it, this was a horrible crime where innocent children were violently murdered. Why is there a need for the average citizen to own an assault rifle. Why, just because? How many more children have to die because the NRA thinks it’s just fine for mentally ill people to have access to guns.

I don’t usually watch The Voice but this was a moving tribute. I’m glad that the focus and the names being remembered are of the victims. Too much attention goes to the offender.

i’m just curious to why you think its an inappropriate song to choose?

Don’t over-think it. It was a nice gesture by all involved, and I’m sure the folks in Sandy Hook appreciated it.

Of course children die every day. Children are also being sexually abused everyday and it goes unnoticed. In our own country, children are being kidnapped, raped, murdered, or sold and abused in horrific manners. Human trafficking is an on going thing that gets unnoticed but it happens right here in the USA. As a child, I was sexually abused and NOTHING was done. Even now, I have not fully recovered but instead of being bitter as to why no one cried for me and prayed for my well being, I am grateful and appreciative that at least some notice it being brought to the injustice done to these children. I am always grateful when I wake up everyday and see my little sister is safe and just as cheerful as ever. I’m sure everyone realizes that injustices towards children occur everyday and so we should all embrace the children we hold dear and be thankful that our children are safe. Mourn for all those who are not and take action. Make these injustices known. I took the song they sang as reminder of all those children who are suffering, not just those who passed away in the shooting.

I understand the point your son was trying to make, but there’s a big difference between these situations. The children in Connecticut were in a place that most people thought was safe. They weren’t in the middle of a war zone or in some freak storm where loss of life is common. That’s not to say that the lives lost to storms or war are any less important than the lives lost in Connecticut. Those lives are just as important and just as heartbreaking, but you expect that war and mother nature can lead to tragic loss of life. You don’t expect to hear about a mass killing in an elementary school.

I thought the same thing.

I am so with you on this, I thought maybe I was the only one who thinks it was a totally absurd song to pick.

Sounds like propaganda to me.

Have a look at the lyrics. fwiw Jeff Buckley, who performed the most successful cover of the Cohen written song, said it was about sex. For instance, it references the Biblical stories of David and Bathsheba, and Samson and Delilah, both heavily romantic/sexual tales.

“Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah”

Again, nice gesture. Just a strange choice of song to sing.

Where was Nicole Nelson?. She gave the best delivery of this song ever during the blind auditions in September.
She should not have been cut from the program. Was this an attempt to make fans forget her? Didn’t work.

What about abortion? That’s the most stupidest and senseless crime ever. Just because you don’t want the baby or you’re not ready to be a parent doesn’t mean you should take that baby’s life away. There are millions of couples out there that would love to adopt a baby because for some medical reason they can’t have children of their own. Abortion doesn’t make you unpregnant, just makes you a pregnant of an unborn child.