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[pallas_athena]

I never met Congresswoman Giffords, but I am hoping that she survives with as little impairment as possible. I hope she lives to hug her astronaut husband, receive the admiration of her constituents, look her political opponents in the eye and teach them a thing or two.

Apparently the bullet passed through her head without fragmenting. If you're going to get shot in the head, supposedly that's a good way for it to happen.

Some quotes from the Representative herself (mainly pulled from these three articles):

March 2010, after her glass office door was kicked or shot in the night of the House health care vote:

"We're on Sarah Palin's targeted list, but the thing is, that the way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they have to realise that there are consequences to that action."

Early 2009, when a protester brought a gun to her town hall meeting:

"When you represent a district that includes the homes of the O.K. Corral and Tombstone, 'The Town Too Tough to Die,' nothing's a surprise out in Cochise County."

June 2008, praising the Supreme Court for overturning Washington DC's handgun ban:

"As a gun owner, I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. In February, I was proud to sign the Amicus Brief [...] asking the Supreme Court to uphold the lower court ruling that overturned the long standing DC gun ban.
"This is a common sense decision that reaffirms the Constitutional right - and Arizona tradition - of owning firearms. I commend the Court for ruling in favor of restoring our right to bear arms."

May 2009, commencement address at Scripps College, Claremont, Arizona:

"The safety of the world depends on your saying 'no' to inhumane ideas. Standing up for one's own integrity makes you no friends. It is costly. Yet defiance of the mob, in the service of that which is right, is one of the highest expressions of courage I know."

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[larissa-00.livejournal.com]

This morning's papers have been saying that she can understand simple requests, like 'move your hand', and respond to them but that the region of the brain that controls speech has taken a lot of damage. Grim stuff!

Yet defiance of the mob, in the service of that which is right, is one of the highest expressions of courage I know.
Salman Taseer