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To: marktwain
I am only wondering if there might have been a way to help him keep from "losing it" .

I doubt it. People who have become loose cannons aren't easy to regulate. These laws and amendments and restraining orders only serve to trip up a few of those who intend harm but are not this quick or competent.

96 posted on 04/27/2003 3:04:10 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Not all those who wander are lost)
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To: HairOfTheDog
I am only wondering if there might have been a way to help him keep from "losing it" .

I doubt it. People who have become loose cannons aren't easy to regulate. These laws and amendments and restraining orders only serve to trip up a few of those who intend harm but are not this quick or competent.

You could be right. As I read the research, most of these cases are "dances of mutual destruction". However, the media accounts do make much about the Officers anguish at losing his career, and any meaningful means of making a living.

If he had been left with the ability to make a living, perhaps he could have found the strength to start a new life. I doubt if he saw that as an option.

I believe it was the Chinese philosopher Sun Tse (forgive my spelling) who said that you should always leave your enemy a way out. Because of his carreer, she knew that she was destroying his future prospects for a life. The restraining order did not protect her, as many have mentioned. Isn't it just possible that it exacerbated the situation?

105 posted on 04/27/2003 3:17:29 PM PDT by marktwain
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