Forum, May 3, 1976

Stop Bombarding Me, Stop!

To the Editors:

If Drs. Laing and Cole are still unsure of what mental illness is, the answer is on the cover [April 12], which clearly depicts insanity in all its glory.

Frederick M. Burkle Jr., M.D. Hanover, N.H.

Who made the weapon this man holds? Who filled the mind this man possesses? Who and what made him hate other men so much that he would murder them and pose above their bodies with flowers? We all had better take a lasting look at this picture. All of us are somewhere in it.

Gary H. Gamage York, Pa.

Stop bombarding me...

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