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Submitted by Tom James, Apr 20, 2007 09:13

Freedom has always been expensive, and allowing lunatics like Cho to enjoy societal freedoms until they injure or kill someone else may be part of the price the rest of us must periodically pay.


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I sent this short introductory essay along with Ms Haymowitz's article along with the front page story by Tamar Lewen... [MORE]

Bert 

Apr 22, 2007 10:03

Kay Hymowitz has aptly and succinctly laid out excellent examples of what many of us suspect, that our society is... [MORE]

C. H. Booker 

Apr 21, 2007 02:23

The laws that protect the undeserving while putting the majority in peril was the epic achievement of dems. Making the... [MORE]

George Austin 

Apr 20, 2007 19:56

It seems that well-meaning legislators have, in trying to protect theprivacy of the mentally ill, failed to protect the lives... [MORE]

Edward Nash 

Apr 20, 2007 13:26

This is probably the best article/news commentary that I have seen yet on this tragedy. The collective media's effort to... [MORE]

Ginny 

Apr 20, 2007 12:08

The "finding" by a district court that Cho was a threat to himself or others in 2005 is less important... [MORE]

VaLawyer 

Apr 20, 2007 12:07

Every article I have read assumes a society without guilt. We seem to think such individuals are born evil, that... [MORE]

Jerry Hewes 

Apr 20, 2007 11:31

It seems incredible that one is suppose to send a very large check, say $40,000 or so, to college along... [MORE]

Lyn Errico 

Apr 20, 2007 10:40

"He tried to kill his mother and I had to help her, once again, take him to another hospital" coupled... [MORE]

Frank 

Apr 20, 2007 10:03

Freedom has always been expensive, and allowing lunatics like Cho to enjoy societal freedoms until they injure or kill someone...

Tom James 

Apr 20, 2007 09:13

So true!!! These are the laws that need to be changed. Lawyers have ruined this country and aided in killing... [MORE]

mary 

Apr 20, 2007 08:59

The result of Federal privacy and anti-discrimination laws is that a mentally ill person who is a danger to himself... [MORE]

Maury Leon 

Apr 20, 2007 07:51

So you're telling us that politicians are to blame in all of this? ::GASP:: Who would have thought? [MORE]

PhoebeMoses 

Apr 20, 2007 07:32

How many of us are paralyzed to act? We see the derelicts and criminals on our streets and highways daily.... [MORE]

Bill Browne 

Apr 20, 2007 15:26

I agree completely. I had a friend who was clearly insane. It was tragic. The family tried to get him... [MORE]

Rosalind Ellis 

Apr 20, 2007 06:30

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