Reply #36: Thanks for this reply.

[GaYellowDawg]

I think that we don't quite have all the information of what it's like to be seriously mentally unstable. I hope we never have such a person as a member of our families.

Me, too, and I feel absolutely terrible for Cho's family.

It is very difficult to deal with now. Cho should have been institutionalized, but with the current medical system in place and laws which govern the rights of individuals it is not such an easy task.

That's true, and it's a difficult truth, too. Because it feels unfair, I'd like to somehow argue with it, but I can't.

I'm sorry you had to endure what you did. I've seen it in my Jr. High and High School (a million years ago). I'm glad that it didn't cause you to deteriorate to the level of Cho.

I very much appreciate the sentiment, and I will say that it's an old scar instead of a wound now.

I believe that Cho most likely had severe mental problems as a youngster and whatever happened to him in his teen years just pushed him over the edge even more. I will be curious to see if we ever hear from his immediate family as to what was done for him as he was growing up. I believe one of his Grandmothers was on the air today, but I had to leave and haven't seen or heard any more since this morning.

I am hesitant to speculate because I'm no doctor, but I really hope that those with the appropriate knowledge do investigate this.

This is a horrible American tragedy. I wonder how many more of these time bombs are out there waiting to go off?

There's just no telling, but I think that the bombs are exacerbated with the ease of access to semiautomatic weapons.

I can understand you wanting to get this off your chest. I don't pity Cho, per se, but I do pity whatever mental hell he underwent in his life.

Getting it off my chest is pretty much what I was doing. I probably should have just refrained.