> The loudest opinions surface. I wouldn’t take lack of public sympathy to mean that the average American condones this type of behavior. I'm not sure I agree

> The loudest opinions surface. I wouldn’t take lack of public sympathy to mean that the average American condones this type of behavior. I'm not sure I agree with you there. The indifference in some quarters, celebration in others, across either side of the political divide insofar as I've seen, leads me to believe that in some cases, the well of sympathy is running dry – or, worse, has run dry.