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Originally Posted by Cowperson
It's impressively planned but like the 9/11 attacks, it wouldn't take a genius to do it. . . . . . . just patience and attention to detail. . . . . . and a nation that was overconfident and wasn't paying enough attention.
The most complicated part would be building the bomb and you found the instructions yourself on the net easy enough.
I'm sure all his associates will be vetted thoroughly but I don't see why its difficult to believe one person could do it.
What stands out solely for me is, even if you have strong convictions, going about killing 90 teenagers through an hour and a half, continuing to pull that trigger even after the initial thrill/shock of seeing the first of them exploding and falling. At some point, you would think some kind of mental fatigue would set in, that the screams would create some self-doubt. But he kept at it.
A well-motivated, sane person could have done the bomb and started the attack on the island but only a truly insane one could have kept hunting and shooting for another hour or more.
Cowperson
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Psychopaths don't fatigue mentally from harming others, I think they are actually energized. This guy certainly sounds like a psychopath. They have no capacity for empathy, so the screams would do nothing beyond making him aware of his "power". But he also seemed rational and aware of his actions.
Psychopaths are an interesting phenomenon. How do you treat them? Is it possible for their lives to have any value, even to themselves?