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Originally Posted by zamler
Pretty much every time a horrible act like this is committed, people say he was just a "normal guy". The take way I hope would be learned is that you don't really know someone and what they are capable of, no matter how much interaction you have with them.
That's not to say you should be suspicious of everyone and fear a horrific dark side that they may be hiding. But there seems to be a complete lack of understanding on how a seemingly well adjusted person could be so evil. It's because people can become masters of hiding their true self, and tragically that "true self" is sometimes a person that is capable of acting on their darkest thoughts.
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I respectfully disagree with the take away that you suggested. For me, the take away from something like this is how a normal person, or anyone, can act this way. I've recently taken a Psychology of Evil course which addressed issues like this. Something that I learned in the course was that people don't need a reason to be violent, you just need to take away their ability to restrain themselves. And it's unfortunate that one such episode can have catastrophic consequences that affects not only the perpetrator, but the innocent victims and their families as well.