Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Killing for Love

Boy aimed to set massacre 'record'
Associated Press, June 2,2008

CLEVELAND - A teenager accused of plotting a school attack wrote that he wanted "instant recognition" for shooting a record number of victims and that he wouldn't feel sorry about it, according to documents unsealed Tuesday.

"I wanna break the current shooting record. I wanna get instant recognition. The only thing that stops me is the fact of being put in jail forever, or having to kill myself, or getting killed by an officer. I could kill anyone without feeling sorry because society sucks!!!" read an entry dated April 18, the day before he was arrested.According to the documents, the teenager told authorities his violent thoughts began when his girlfriend broke up with him. Full story ...
Why are the souls of some young men today so mortally wounded by innocent female rejection that only the violent death of strangers can atone for the injury to their fragile self-image?

"The urges of the flesh pass all bounds in the absence of a controlling will. . .. If a taboo exists, it is a taboo on some elemental violence.This violence belongs to the flesh." George Bataille, Eroticism, Death & Sensuality


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