I don't know about the rest of it but I think Lono, (would that be a veiled reference to Dr. Thompson by any chance?) has it right. Dealing with a serial killer, like many other things that occur in one's life, has nothing whatsoever to do with the events of Sept. 11.

There has been an interesting phenomenon in the U.S. in the last 7 years, attempts to correlate the horrific events of Sept. 11 with the mundane stuff of life. Politicians, Rudy Guiliani in particular, have made their responses to those events the mainstay of their campaigns and the alleged point of much legislation. One might as well try to stop war by passing a law against it as trying to stop the actions of a determined band of like minded terrorists. Or of the deranged acts of a serial killer for that matter.

John E