Hey Gene,

I'm sure in Med School, you did some sort of Psych. Hospital observation or practicum of some kind.  In your professional life, have you not seen a significant percentage of folks who really don't handle freedom well at all.  Not to say that folks shouldn't have the opportunity for freedom...but going from the pressure cooker of a Dictatorship to freedom in a very short period of time often causes trouble. Hopefully for everyone, the trouble will end.

Microcosmic examples of what I mean:

1.  Prisoners being released into society with no step program out.

2. Folks being released to the streets following drug/alcohol treatment

3. Soldiers going from battlefield to home with little or no debriefing.

Freedom is a wonderful thing.  It's like a peice of rope.  But with that rope, you can make a net or a noose.

PRH