Uh oh. You know, even as a former cafeteria wallflower and social misfit, I still struggle to understand the whole ‘violence as a solution to social isolation’ thing.

but “violence as a solution to emotional torment” is understandable. The human mind has a way of dealing with trauma by connecting dots that aren’t always there. Most people either strike out (think Charles Manson) or submit (Stockholm syndrome). It is the rare few that rise above oppression (Nelson Mandela)

sorry, I didn’t mean to rant. Great story.