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flamingdem

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3. Very sadly - looks like a case of academic stress

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 11:19 AM

Jul 2012

The guy snapped. However he had some kind of rocky history if his mom kicked him out and knew immediately that this was her son.

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James Holmes dropped out of Med School last month [View all] cali Jul 2012 OP

Oh Bluzmann57 Jul 2012 #1

and I think we won't Corgigal Jul 2012 #2

No, we absolutely will. Posteritatis Jul 2012 #4

yes you're correct Corgigal Jul 2012 #8

Very sadly - looks like a case of academic stress flamingdem Jul 2012 #3

I'd not be so sure. His dropping out may WELL be symptomatic skip fox Jul 2012 #12

wait... AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #18

yes. I agree. skip fox Jul 2012 #24

Looks like it wasn't due to academics NotThisTime Jul 2012 #67

Sad all the way around. Brickbat Jul 2012 #5

Obviously a bright person, with a lot going for him. Doesn't sound like TwilightGardener Jul 2012 #6

ANYone else seeing the pattern Here?? Iggy Jul 2012 #7

Do we have a Bureau of Pre-Crime available? PavePusher Jul 2012 #17

No. I want to see how Iggy Jul 2012 #22

I'd like to see better mental health care and screening.... PavePusher Jul 2012 #23

You want everyone to submit to mental health screening? nt Mojorabbit Jul 2012 #28

Lots of people that currently own firearms would lose that right if they did. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #33

That does not answer my question. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2012 #34

I know, but it is interesting to see a poster admit they willing to use the force of law to violate Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #35

I find it amazing that anyone would even suggest compelling citizens Mojorabbit Jul 2012 #37

IIRC, it is still not against any law that I am aware of to be mentally ill in this country. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #39

I find it amazing too.... PavePusher Jul 2012 #44

Except that's not at all what I was promoting. PavePusher Jul 2012 #43

Not at all what I said. PavePusher Jul 2012 #42

I know it was not Mojorabbit Jul 2012 #49

There has to be some way of getting people help before they go off the deep end Marrah_G Jul 2012 #45

I agree. The whole situation is just tragic. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2012 #48

People on the streets are one Thing.. Iggy Jul 2012 #54

There has to be some way of getting people help before they go off the deep end Marrah_G Jul 2012 #46

How would you go about stopping these people in advance? 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #53

Thank You for Asking Iggy Jul 2012 #56

Additional Link: Iggy Jul 2012 #57

So a fascist police state that practices racial profiling 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #61

You are misstating 'facts' here. former9thward Jul 2012 #69

I keep thinking about Wendell Williamson - UNC law student DURHAM D Jul 2012 #9

I was thinking about this exact thing too. Lex Jul 2012 #41

Yes, this is a sad story Iggy Jul 2012 #55

not ONE classmate has come forward riverwalker Jul 2012 #10

uh, it just happened 12 hours ago. Nothing weird about it. cali Jul 2012 #11

going for a phd in neurology and psychiatric disorders according to news reports. nt Viva_La_Revolution Jul 2012 #13

A case of "Physician, cure thyself" perhaps? n/t rox63 Jul 2012 #14

maybe he was "sampling" some of the psycho drugs ? littlewolf Jul 2012 #21

Thank you, LW, 'atrocity' is the word I was trying to recall Mimosa Jul 2012 #26

Maybe not a spree killing but this one wasn't UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #30

Brenda Ann Spencer girl gone mad Jul 2012 #36

Laurie Dann Crabby Appleton Jul 2012 #64

You Are Free RobinA Jul 2012 #29

Was it in protest to the new sensible health care laws? gregoire Jul 2012 #15

you need some help. I don't mean that in any kind of nasty snarky way cali Jul 2012 #16

That is quite a rhetorical leap you have made there. GObamaGO Jul 2012 #19

Please quit spamming this message all over GD obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #25

Should be a short stay. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #31

when the police caught him by his car littlewolf Jul 2012 #47

"no indication it is terrorism-related" BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #20

Come on, white guys can't be terrorists! Lex Jul 2012 #27

terrorism has a specific definition Marrah_G Jul 2012 #62

What are you going to say if it turns out he hates gays . . . Major Hogwash Jul 2012 #63

Then that would be a politically motivated crime Marrah_G Jul 2012 #65

The theatre was packed with moviegoers who wanted to see the premiere of the Batman movie. Major Hogwash Jul 2012 #66

You mean like Timothy McVeigh--white guy. Lex Jul 2012 #70

Yes, absolutely Timothy McViegh Marrah_G Jul 2012 #71

This one was a terrorist. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #32

If you have information that indicates that it was terrorism-related, please share onenote Jul 2012 #38

He wasn't trying to make a political statement. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #68

he told police he was the Joker Mosby Jul 2012 #40

Mosby, irrational as it is, you may have nailed it Mimosa Jul 2012 #50

OK, Problem, BIG Problem Iggy Jul 2012 #58

Re "meds" ananda Jul 2012 #59

Correct, thank Iggy Jul 2012 #60

there was clearly signs of trouble in his life Fresh_Start Jul 2012 #51

Interesting. So Rush first convinced him to drop out of med school 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #52