Petey,

Just to add a bit to your first quote, ". . .only outlaws and the government will have guns".

As for blame, it seems this day and age the masses have to find someone to blame for a tragedy such as this other than the perp. Good example is all of the litigation against tobacco companies. In my case, no one made me start smoking around 1964 but me even though I was bombarded by tobacco advertising in those days. It was also ME who decided and chose to continue smoking until I was diagnosed with base of tongue cancer a year ago. Maybe it's because I'm now 60 years old and from a different generation but I have no one to blame for my cancer but me. I also think that I have a better chance of learning a lesson from it all since I'm the only one to blame.

Bill D.


Dx 4/27/06, SCC, BOT, Stage III/IV, Tx 5/25/06 through 7/12/06 - 33 IMRT and 4 chemo, radical right side neck dissection 9/20/06.