unfortunately

warning signs are not enough to do something.  Try calling the cops and telling them you are worried about a person doing something like this- they will tell you there is nothing they can do until the person actually commits the crime.  You can try to get someone to get help but they cannot be committed to psychiatric care against their will unless they are a clear danger to themselves or others at the time the psychiatrist is evaluating them.  Hindsight is 20/20- its easy to say that someone should have seen this coming and stopped it, but how exactly?  His writing teacher had referred him to counseling- it didn't work.

• Oh my God. I read People.com daily. I was warned today sm - Me
  • Agree - looftm
    • Amen! I'm reading 3 books right now by Mother Theresa and she was sm - Me
  • I have watched this entire thing...sm - nn
    • Not hiding my head, in all my years have seen - Allison
      • I did not mean that you personally were --sm - nn
  • Hard to avoid when you live here though - sm - Laura E.
    • unfortunately - Margaret
    • Things like this happen and will continue - Barb
      • Very true - you should have heard my DH - sm - Laura E.
        • Children are not learning to deal with stuff. - So as adults or young adults they cant cope.
        • That was so well put...sm - PAMT~MDM
    • that is "wearing", sorry not awake yet - nm - Laura E.
  • I haven't watched any of it on purpose... - PAMT~MDM
  • one cannot think about how horrifying it was for - students w/o thinking about (sm)
  • I have tuned it all out for a reason - Lattie
    • Very smart. We should all follow, but for some reason, it's almost sm - Me
      • When calling up my internet yesterday - Lattie

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