Quote Originally Posted by izlat View Post
A massacre indeed, and one that saddens and worries me very much! Especially with the warning signs that the teachers saw in his writings... maybe it could have been prevented. I don't even think I can see him as a human being. I have kids and I may be paranoid but I am afraid for them

I understand he was mad at "rich kids" - and the decay of morals...

I am not sure if he suffered from these, and it is possible that he did. We'll never know, unfortunately. This certainly does not justify what he did.

It just baffles me what can drive a person to do such a thing
Ivo
This is a touchy subject so I'll tread carefully.

From the footage that was aired yesterday, it is obvious that he was a severely disturbed person, but we don't yet know how he ended up like that.

Just to play the devil's advocate: it is entirely possible that he has been picked on by his peers. that, together with existing problems could have been enough to break him.
I agree that what he did is horrible, but perhaps not beyond understanding how he ended up like that.
Combine anger for always being picked on and not fitting in with a feeling of defeat and hopelessness, and this is what happens every time. Maybe without the anger he'd simply have killed himself.

People who have never been bullied and picked on usually cannot understand the impact that has on a persons reasoning and mental state.

Belgium's most famous lawyer Jef Vermassen (who is also widely respected despite always trying murder cases) wrote a book 'murderers and their motives' based on 20 years of study of different murder cases.
It was sold out before it hit the stores. I managed to get a 3d print.
Jef was once scolded by the public attorney that normal people do not kill, and that he'd never have done what the defendant did.
A couple of years later, HE was the defendant in a murder case.

If you think that it is impossible for you to end up like that, think again. There is a murderer inside everyone.

But what amazes me is that a mentally unsound person like him was able to buy 2 handguns.