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[charlieDD]

Was reading today that the panel headed up by Tom Ridge to investigate the Virginia Tech massacre would like very much to have Cho's mental health care and psychiatric / counseling records, but can't get them because of privacy laws and rules that prevent VT from sharing them.

However, it was noted, the family of Cho could have the records any time they wanted them.

There seemed to be a "hint, hint" in this statement, as in . . the family, if they really wanted to be cooperative and helpful, could simply get the records and turn them over to the investigators, but they haven't.

So, . . they go into hiding after the massacre. They issue a cold, unfeeling statement written by an expensive, out-of-state lawyer i which they ask people to have sympathy on them for the pain they are enduring ( i.e. "we are the victims"). They remain in hiding; not a single additional word out of them; not a single image. And now we hear that they are doing little to help the investigators establish what made their killer son tick.

[The_Conservative]

[Nicco61]

The best thing they could do is hire a lawyer, speak through him, (as little as possible) and comply with the law.

I would never voluntarily provide anything of my own free will. However I would comply with any subpeonas etc. There are legal avenues the authorities can take to obtain relevant documents.

[charlieDD]

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[quote="The_Conservative
Maybe they just want to be alone after the death of their son and the circumstances he died under?I doubt that anyone in their situation would feel like being open and "cooperative". They probably just want it to be over. I would, and I think most people would were we in their shoes.
Maybe they don't want the media getting hold of these records and stirring the pot all over again? And YOU call THEM "cold and unfeeling"?[/quote]
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CharlieDD: [size=18]Or maybe you're saying that it is understandable they would want the whole thing to just go away and would probably fear the records being made public . . . . . This goes back to what must have been one of the main contributing factors to the whole mess to start with: the family avoiding embarrassment, stigma . . . at the cost of the lives of so many others. The panel wants the records so it can analyze what caused and allowed this massacre to take place, so they can make recommendations that might go a long way toward preventing it happening again at another school. If the Cho's want to protect their privacy and avoid whatever embarrassing details may come out from the records . . . then they are repeating the same behavior that contributed to the loss of so many lives and demonstrating the same selfishness that their cold and "we are the victims" statement (released after several days of careful legal preparation) I believe revealed about them.

Cold and unfeeling am I? If so, then my coldness is reserved for those who deserve to feel it. My warmth is plenty for those who truly suffered.

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[Vicissitude]

[Adventurer]