Well, Clodbuster, since you are so quick to judge me, I guess that gives me the same privilege. I judge you to be a bleeding heart liberal apologist that is the reason we have so many of these problems. And before I wash my hands of this thread, believe me, I am certainly not someone you would want to tell that they are unfamiliar with folks/kids with mental and social problems. I'm 70 years of age and my creds go back to when I was a "kid" of 22, doing volunteer work (that means unpaid) at Tall Trees in Memphis, TN. Tall trees was a home for first offenders. This was after a tour in the Marine Corp had helped me get my life on track after a tormented youth. While I lived in Memphis, I helped out at Tenn Psychiatric and several other agencies for the indigenous and impaired. I was an instructor in the "Each one teach one" adult literacy program. When I moved to Tulsa, I instigated and formed a community help group where I worked called "We don't just work here".
There are so many programs and entitlements that only a few do not learn how to work the system. Only a few do not learn how to play to the nickle seats full of bleeding heart liberals that are quick to point out how the state failed, how the parents failed, how the system failed but do nothing to correct it. Only a few don't learn how to say the right words to stay on the gravy train when what many of them need is a DI to kick 'em in the butt and tell 'em to grow up. So I felt very comfortable making the assessment that I did. I do understand that there is no one size fits all. At least he did take his own life after killing those innocent people (think about wives and husbands and children at Christmas) so some bleeding heart won't be able to rush in and suggest that he needs another $250,000.00 worth of head doctoring.
And so, Clodbuster, how many disadvantaged kids have you had in your home? How many orphans have you taken fishing? How many angry teenagers have you looked in the eye and told "if you want to be treated like a man, act like a man!"
Any of my other character faults that you'd like to point out?