01-09-2010, 06:04 PM
(01-09-2010, 03:19 PM)Ordinary Peephole Wrote: I think this guy is obviously troubled but a lot of his stuff comes across like bravado and a need to shock. He is full of hubris, overly sensitive and easy to taunt and mock. I actually don't think he is a potential serial killer, real serial killers keep a low profile so they can continue their killing. They certainly don't brag about their homicidal impulses on the internet.
I thought of that and you're probably right, OP... but people who are truly mentally unstable aren't necessarily logical thinkers.
He doesn't sound like a 'serial killer' as such, because serial killers are... well, like that show Dexter. Amoral psychopaths. They kill mostly because it allows them to 'feel something' (but not regret or shame). That certainly doesn't mean he is incapable of killing someone though, and it's possible that this is all a 'cry for help' to try and justify to himself, (if he ever actually does anything) that he 'tried' to get help. It's more likely just a 'cry for attention', but one can never know for sure.
Much the same way I felt about Wolf being here, if a person SAYS they have thoughts of killing someone, I would feel it were my responsibility (as admin of a board), to turn the information over to the FBI and leave it at that. It's not really up to someone in that position to try and decipher whether or not the person is 'serious' about those kind of threats, just as it's not up to a forum owner to try and decipher whether or not someone really is underage, after they seriously claim to be.
Just my opinion.