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[–]Alienhunter糞大名 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

No mentally sane and competent person would go into a school to murder children senselessly. Literally accomplishes nothing.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Completely sane and competent people do nasty sadistic shit all the time.

Shooting up a school gets your name in the papers. It gets people digging into what could have driven you to it which then hurts your family who you might resent. That's what it accomplishes.

[–]JulienMayfair 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, you can be quite rational and understand the consequences of your actions and be a sociopath at the same time. You just have no empathy for others. As I understand it, the shooter attended this school herself, so it became a target because she knew the layout.