We live in a free country, but with that freedom there is a burden of personal responsibility. Rather than teaching a child what is moral and immoral, right and wrong, we first and foremost can establish what the laws that govern us are. You can always escape hell by not believing in it, but you cannot escape death and you cannot escape prison. In the past, there was always the idea that you could turn and run and start something better. But now America has become one big mall, and because of the Internet and all of the technology we have, there's nowhere to run.
People are the same everywhere.
Sometimes music, movies and books are the only things that let us feel like someone else feels like we do. I've always tried to let people know it's OK, or better, if you don't fit into the program. I chose not to jump into the media frenzy and defend myself, though I was begged to be on every single TV show in existence. People dress up in costumes, sing songs and dedicate themselves in eternal fandom. I'd like media commentators to ask themselves, because their coverage of the event was some of the most gruesome entertainment any of us have seen.