Lesson: Don't be afraid to take chances. Corollary: Playing it safe is not only boring, but limiting.

"To make sure you are fully prepared, make sure you know all of the details about the event—start time, exact location, dress code, directions to get there, etc."

Yeah, but the beautiful thing about it is we can still support Mr. Burton and Reading Rainbow, and tell the pundits to screw off. They don't have to watch.

I grew up on Reading Rainbow. LeVar Burton made me love reading, and he is one of my heroes.

Actually, the police were notified of his videos before he went out to kill. They chose not to act.

I'm sure he hated women. I'm also sure it doesn't matter who he hated. My original point is that he was likely to do this regardless of WHO he hated, and that he happened to hate women. The argument about whether he hated women or not was made to contrast that fact against his confirmed mental issues, which to me seem…

Nope. Your... argument is flawed.

I haven't called anyone a liar.

I am familiar with the Stanford experiment. Sadly, that is more a commentary on the inherent nature of mankind than of men.

You know, I grant that those are very interesting points.

I have, and it was. Many madmen are also geniuses.

Granted. That wasn't the point. The point is that whether he was a misogynist or not he was also incredibly mentally ill.

nothing, unless you can see the fact that most people who do that and then commit all those murders probably have a few screws loose.

that's not terrorism. Terrorism is committing a crime with the goal, the specific goal, of inciting terror in the target population.

First of all, yes, that is precisely what I am saying. You have to live your life.

there is no excuse. In that, we definitely agree.

Fair point. But then again, I hate, truly hate, racist bigoted jerks. But I don't go shooting them.

Well, do we then called privilege a mental illness? ;)

Strongly disagree. His inability to handle rejection made him a misogynist. His inability to deal with his issues made him depressed.

Excellent point! Now imagine that instead of a patriarchal culture influencing him, he's been raised by a family of Klansmen.