At the outset, prayers and sympathies go out to the families affected by the LA Fitness shooting. That said, some thoughts:
1) Interesting work compiled by "DontHassleHoff".
a) 33 round magazine for a Glock bought online from the same company that the Virginia Tech shooter used.
b) Standard perv Google searches.
c) Crazygeorge.com? Really? How crazy is a guy who puts up a site devoted to how crazy he is?
d) Nice youtube vids. Like he’s trying to sell the house. Take a look at the reading material on the coffee table.
e) Looks like he had a future in selling used Saturns- “The paint is bright, shiny red. You will actually get looks from the opposite sex :-) ….” (Smiley face? Really? Douchebag.)
f) Isitnormal.com looks like a fun place.
2) Spot on piece by Tony Norman.
a) “Travis Bickle's rampage at the end of "Taxi Driver" was more about self-redemption and saving Iris than an immersion in violence for its own sake. That's where he and George Sodini part company. Despite a well-paying job and a comfortable home, Mr. Sodini was a whiny nihilist who couldn't be bothered with defining a purpose for his life, even if horribly misguided. If his online diary is to be believed, he wallowed in self-pity because it was the path of least resistance:”
b) “Many of us have even joked about social misfits who we say wouldn't surprise us if they came into work, school or church one day and shot the place up. Obviously, it isn't always the person who mutters in the corner or picks fights who generates newspaper headlines. Sometimes the unassuming systems analyst who just got a raise at a major Downtown law firm will be the culprit.”
3) georgesodini.com I know I've read a more pathetic piece of tripe in my life, I just can't remember when. Not to be picky, but don't they give out dictionaries or teach spellcheck at systems analyst school? And, what's with the text hidden in the source code? I'm sure that there will be those playing the "he-was-crying-out-for attention, poor-man" card. "If she would only be my girlfriend", waaa waaa.
4) Imagine all the free pub for R. Don Steele and the Tetelestai Church.
5) Naturally, a Bill Gates connection.
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BOTTOM LINE - To paraphrase "Dr" Leary, life sucks. Hard. Out loud. Hopefully, part of growing into adulthood involves learning that life isn't all unicorns farting rainbows. So, how does one make it without breaking out the artillery? That's up to you. Pray. Drink. Pills. Pot. Whatever it takes for you to take responsibility for you.
Believe it or not, there are no unique people left. In one form another, everybody has trouble at home. Everybody's job sucks from time to time. And believe it or not, even you don't get laid as much as you'd like. (Proof? Given the choice, I know you'd rather be gettin' hot and sweaty instead of reading this. It's ok. Believe me, typing isn't my first choice right now.)
Here's the thing though- when things have bottomed, why take out a room full of people before whacking yourself? More importantly, why start firing on unarmeds in the dark? Why? You probably would have a more positive effect on the herd by thinning it by one (that's you) rather than taking out productives. Problem is your a coward. I don't know if it's the cause or effect (I don't have enough letters after my name for that answer) but you're a coward.
Next time you get the urge to cash in your chips in a blaze of glory, maybe try to take out someone who's equally armed. In the daylight. Face to face. Maybe thats the answer.... bring back duels.
Or maybe not.
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