Like thoughts and prayers, discussions and hearings that do not lead to action are worthless.

They had discussions and hearing before the French revolution; discussions and hearings before the Russian and Chinese revolutions; discussions and hearings before the Khmer Rouge or the Nazis took over their countries.

Man, if you want to read about discussions and hearings, you should read about the discussions and hearings in England before the US revolted - they went on for decades.

And yes, people were very, very concerned, but that also did nothing.

Strikes me you need to crack open a history book.