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I'd like to recommend a book that discusses the larger issue of the NEED for predators. Here's an excerpt fromm Where the Wild Things Were by William Stolzenburg:

"As the great meat-eating beasts go missing, an emerging cadre of concerned scientists is finding that their absence portends trouble for the biosphere at large."

The sub-title of the book is: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators. I found it interesting, informed and balanced.

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I'm not answering this specific comment...but your site wouldn't let me enter a comment any other way...???

My comment is in reply to something that Joe Keizur VP of the Home Builders Assoc said regarding the need for jobs:  construction jobs centered on home construction are a kind of ponzi scheme...witness what's happening right now...those jobs were among the first to disappear.

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Given that this is a very broad question/statement...would we rather solve crime or prevent it? If prevention is preferred; then education should be the overwhelming priority.

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Perhaps this has been covered...I tuned in while in progress...

Are the medical histories of the parents admissible by the prosecution?

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