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In reply to the discussion: Reports: Adam Lanza Smashed His Hard Drive Before Spree [View all]SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)13. that speaks to premeditation
which means that young man wasn't so far out of his mind not to know what he was doing was wrong.
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Which is why society in general tries so hard to alienate the nerdy and introverted n/t
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#29
Read some of the posts about mental illness here on relatively enlightened DU
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#53
He didn't have any friends and hadn't spoken to his brother in more than a year.
Auntie Bush
Dec 2012
#56
The winner. He bested us all at (what he thought was) our own game, using our own tools. nt
patrice
Dec 2012
#33
That's intentional & it's more likely caused by the gun factor than the video game factor, right?nt
patrice
Dec 2012
#16
On the other hand, I don't know any gamers who actually have a bullet proof vest...
JHB
Dec 2012
#25
Is intentionality inherently rational? Yes. So the vest was a rational association with the danger..
patrice
Dec 2012
#30
You can't assign probabilities without evidence, but you can hypothesize them in order to
patrice
Dec 2012
#31
A rational estimate of danger created and applied by the specific weaponry involved. nt
patrice
Dec 2012
#35
The mother was a survivalist who thought the economy was going to collapse.
Eric J in MN
Dec 2012
#34
OMG, I have been thinking "Bad Seed" eversince I read that article. Oh heck!! I want you to read
patrice
Dec 2012
#54
That's the title of that NY Times article I was telling you about. I think you'll enjoy it. nt
patrice
Dec 2012
#60
There's reasoning and then there's reasoning. Some similarities. Some differences. Both of which can
patrice
Dec 2012
#55
Hunh! That's an interesting hypothesis. Nomatter what, I find the destruction of the...
Poll_Blind
Dec 2012
#49