Exactly, I think what he ended up doing was horrific and we have to look at the system at a whole that got him to that point. We have to have a system that at least provides BASIC healthcare for everyone.. you want better then you can buy it... but at least we have to have the basics down. I'm not a socialist but in this area I am.
On 8/16/07, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can empathize with the desperation and understand the hopelessness > without condoning the actions. > > I think this is one of the problems with the sensationalist gossip that > passes for news today. The result of this was a horrible act by a > desperate man, we must condemn him and as such anybody who attempts to > understand how he got to this point is "soft" on crime or whatever. > > I think it is more productive to accept both. His action was horrific, > consequences should apply. But, at the same time, contemplating the > root causes and what could have been done to mitigate them can also be a > benefit to society. And not just say "this is a bad man, he made a bad > choice, civilized men would not make this choice, so anything that > contributed to the choice is of no concern to civilized people since > they will never make such a choice even if in the same circumstance." > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240532 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
