The kid was evil. He said he was sorry for what he was about to do, yet did it anyway. He said "Now I'll be famous" - he's an evil freak that left his poor family the legacy that he was a murderer.
I'm sorry, Inks, but it is at least of no use and at most patently absurd to consider individuals the cause of 'their' actions.
So you're telling me it's not the kid's fault that he killed 8 other people?
How could it be? He was a powerless person, socialized in a certain way. When poors are abused thusly, we can expect that some of them will kill themselves, some will turn to ordinary crime, some will lash out as he did and then kill themselves, and the great majority will knuckle under and be good obedient servants for 50 years and then die.
I should think if we are intellectually curious we would want to trace the source of the original socialization rather than waste time with 'blame' for the individual. We already know that 'he' 'pulled the trigger', now lets move on to some more interesting analysis.
So, you don't believe in free will? Demography isn't destiny. A person can decide his/her own actions no matter what situation that person's in. For example, this kid could've killed himself
without shooting up the mall.
