"What does any of this have to do with alcoholism?"
I believe I'm seeing our society acting as codependents. I compare our society that is in denial, trying to blame everything but the alcoholic, oh I mean, Jared Loughner. He's the ONE to be accountable for his actions....NOT his spouse, oh I mean, parents or any other person, place or thing. Our society needs to accept this fact!
I must confess that when I first heard, without the facts, about the killing spree, I was hoping it was caused by the Mexican drug cartels. I felt if this tragedy had been caused by the Mexican cartels, maybe, that would be our breaking point and something reasonable would result. Instead we are still trying to make some sense out of this tragedy!......and placing the blame on something else than actually the ONLY apparent person responsible! (This is called projecting our misplaced anger.)
Just my personal opinion. Take what you like and leave the rest.
Phoenix