Keep in mind that millions of Americans have some form of mental illness (depression, bipolar, etc) and the overwhelming majority are no more dangerous to others than anyone else. I fear that Cho and all the publicity around him will create stigmas for a lot of good people and may prevent people from acknowledging their issues and getting help.
That is a legitimate concern. However, perhaps some parents whose teenage or young adult children are disturbed and who are in denial may be willing to admit there is a problem now.
Mental illness is not a right of passage. In most cases it manifests antisocial behavior and presents a danger to the sick person or others. Psychopaths are mentally ill. They are not a normative variation on a theme of consciousness.
Our prisons are bursting with mentally ill criminals. In nearly every case it was not until their sickness resulted in violent criminal activity that they were acknowledged as a danger.
As we continue to spiral into valueless social chaos mental illness increases. The cure is moral standards, strong community values, vigorous religious organizations and intolerance of violent antisocial behavior. These solutions are all, of course, the very conditions the ACLU and ACP protest.
As furthur proof of our cultural insanity - if more is needed - today we celebrate communism as Earth Day, a tribute to those who seek the final destruction of a free and morally responsible people in a free and morally responsible society. Their solution: totalitarian autocracy; termination of all private rights; regulate all religious activity; end private enterprise; put unelected government in charge of everything.
Happy Earth Day