To: Richnorth who wrote (90734 ) 10/23/2002 9:36:30 AM From: long-gone Respond to of 116916 <<Instead of continuing to pursue profits in gold and speculate where gold is headed next, lots of folks will do well to channel some energy towards tracking and apprehending the sniper who has sworn he's gonna take out children next if his demands are nor met! It is both flabbergasting and interesting to note that, despite the superabundance of shrinks in America, there still exist sickos who have turned snipers. Maybe one explanation is that a good number of the shrinks themselves have become sickos.>> Really, there is no good way for us to track or apprehend the sniper(s?)from CA CO OR WA(state) or (in the case of Zardos & Charters) Canada. The great many police agencies currently involved would most likely not profit in the least from the efforts of rank amateurs but might be actually be hindered no matter how sincere our desire to help. The last thing experts need is a bunch of idiot know it all's getting in the way & under foot. While I have a great many skills, I have no expertise in or education in criminology. They also serve who only sit back & pay taxes so the experts are able to better work. Of your question about the shrinks, & the idea that the shrinks should first cure themselves, that is true. Maybe it is also true that some people are past the point where they could be helped - past the point of no return to sanity. Then again, is it not possible this (these) sniper(s?) are fully rational and are operating to a plan? Do we know that the one making the calls for a ransom is the one who has done even any or the killings, much less all the killings? There are such severe con-artists out there that they would claim credit for & the ability to stop this tragedy for money having never even touched a firearm. Who knows, it is possible the number of shrinks in America isn't even a valid question - If the person(s?) aren't even from the US.