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Chock · 05-25-07, 09:13 AM

I won't pretend I know everything about this incident, but I've certainly seen the video the killer posted and read a transcript of his somewhat rambling statement.

It's clear that he either was, or at least felt, he was mistreated by some people. And while it is apparently true that he was pestering people a lot, the responses and treatment he received clearly affected him in a way that led to some terrible consequences.

Judging by his comments, in his own mind he seems justified in doing what he did. But of course there can be no justification for such an act from anyone else. However, if you put yourself in his shoes, it all fits just fine.

Now, he might have been mentally unstable, or upset, or perfectly sane and just a nasty b*st*rd, I don't know for sure. But what I do know is that quite a few people have suggested that he may have been made to feel like an outsider and a non-person by other students. Anyone who has ever been to school or college will know that this sort of thing goes on, and while such a situation hardly justifies such awful retribution, and most people on the receiving end of this kind of treatment merely suffer in silence, if this is the result of such an occurrence, it's a salutary tale for us all on how we treat others, and the possible consequences of not being as nice or as helpful or friendly as we could.

Events such as this are not new and my take on the situation is certainly not new either, 27 years ago Peter Gabriel wrote the song 'Family Snapshot' and caused outrage in the USA addressing this kind of thing fromthe sympathetic standpoint of the killer. He commented on it thus:

'the murderer's deep sense of emptiness and neglect as a result of his upbringing; and how his childhood was so deprived of attention and affection, that a personality was created who only saw the world from the outside looking in. The assasin needed this crime, to make himself exist in a world he never felt a part of.'

It's a sad thing, and what is even sadder is that it probably won't be the last time either.

Chock

05-25-07, 09:13 AM	#2
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I won't pretend I know everything about this incident, but I've certainly seen the video the killer posted and read a transcript of his somewhat rambling statement. It's clear that he either was, or at least felt, he was mistreated by some people. And while it is apparently true that he was pestering people a lot, the responses and treatment he received clearly affected him in a way that led to some terrible consequences. Judging by his comments, in his own mind he seems justified in doing what he did. But of course there can be no justification for such an act from anyone else. However, if you put yourself in his shoes, it all fits just fine. Now, he might have been mentally unstable, or upset, or perfectly sane and just a nasty bstrd, I don't know for sure. But what I do know is that quite a few people have suggested that he may have been made to feel like an outsider and a non-person by other students. Anyone who has ever been to school or college will know that this sort of thing goes on, and while such a situation hardly justifies such awful retribution, and most people on the receiving end of this kind of treatment merely suffer in silence, if this is the result of such an occurrence, it's a salutary tale for us all on how we treat others, and the possible consequences of not being as nice or as helpful or friendly as we could. Events such as this are not new and my take on the situation is certainly not new either, 27 years ago Peter Gabriel wrote the song 'Family Snapshot' and caused outrage in the USA addressing this kind of thing fromthe sympathetic standpoint of the killer. He commented on it thus: 'the murderer's deep sense of emptiness and neglect as a result of his upbringing; and how his childhood was so deprived of attention and affection, that a personality was created who only saw the world from the outside looking in. The assasin needed this crime, to make himself exist in a world he never felt a part of.' It's a sad thing, and what is even sadder is that it probably won't be the last time either. Chock Last edited by Chock; 05-25-07 at 12:09 PM.