Jody, IU expect they will. Not that any of it is Marilyn's fault--it's just that (as my dad used to say) he just looks like he ought to be guilty of *something*.

The general public having become inured to mass violence is part of the problem, in my opinion, and the media is partially responsible for that--they have yet to learn the difference between "can" and "should," and it may be a long time before they do.

But part is the *scale*, too. It was noted above that the death of one kid, especially in a small town, would be considered a horrible tragedy. Multiple deaths are not--they become faceless, because they're impossible to individualize. Like the old proverb says, "kill one person, you're a murderer. Kill a million, a dictator. Kill everybody, you're a god."

Joe

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