alt.politics.republicans

Hugh Gibbons writes:

> The FACT that he shot up a
> classroom full of innocent students is proof. It is not possible
> for a person in a normal mental state, whether or not raised by
> liberals or conservatives, to gun down a room full of people
> without a powerful motive.

People can be persuaded to do all sorts of things. And perhaps he had a
powerful motive.

> What has been
> revealed is that he was on medication, and that when he went off
> the medication, people who knew him observed a deteriorating
> mental state, which culminated in the murders and suicide.

That's not what I read, and the nature of the medication has not been
identified, as far as I know.

> If you think that a murderous, suicidal psychotic state can be
> brought on by being raised by liberal parents or conservative
> parents or anything short of horrendous psychological abuse that
> is classified as a felony under current law, go ahead and show us
> the proof or admit you have no proof and have been blowing smoke
> (to put it kindly).

My Lai, for one example, and unfortunately it is far from unique.