If you could talk to any mass shooter, who would it be and why?

Additionally, what would you want to talk about? This includes shooters dead or alive, before or after the shooting, whichever you prefer.

I'd love to talk to Andrew Blaze again back before they got into Columbine, because a big part of me misses them from back when I was a kid watching their videos. They loved their fans a lot, it's bittersweet to think about.

I'd also enjoy having a conversation with TJ Lane, I'm interested in his life, mentality, beliefs etc... I heard he was pretty nice to write to as long as you weren't an obsessed fangirl... Other than him apparently giving out peoples addresses to other, soon-to-be released prisoners.

I think I'd also like to talk to Trey Sesler now, since he's completely vanished from the public eye since being incarcerated/institutionalized, and I'd like to know how he's doing and how he feels about his actions all these years later. I do hope he's gotten proper help and "rehabilitation", at the very least.

That's all that comes to mind right now, but I think it would be pretty fascinating to speak to any mass murderer to understand how they feel about their crimes years later, what they would've done differently, all that stuff.

Probably Whitman. The confusion he expressed in his suicide note intrigues me. He really couldn't explain what was going on with him and had no idea what to do except act. I'd probably just try and talk to him about his life in general. All the lists he kept and the way he structured it, things like that.

ParanoidAndroid wrote:

Probably Whitman. The confusion he expressed in his suicide note intrigues me. He really couldn't explain what was going on with him and had no idea what to do except act. I'd probably just try and talk to him about his life in general. All the lists he kept and the way he structured it, things like that.

I've always wondered why some men with wives and kids choose to kill their family before they kill themselves, and they usually have a similar motive to Whitman. Not even really having a definitive answer as to why they're doing it, but simultaneously confident enough in their feelings to execute their whole family. I suppose it could have something to do with societal pressure, feeling they're forced to provide for their family and being overwhelmed with it... Wanting out but not wanting their family to suffer without a provider... Maybe it's something like that. I think that would make more sense for Whitman, along with wanting to spare his wife the pain of the consequences of his actions. I always wondered if that was a motive for Adam Lanza killing his mother, wanting to spare her the pain and trouble he was about to cause...

Interestingly [to only me, probably], Whitman's request of his brain being examined for any physical conditions along with mentioning his headaches reminds me somewhat of this pro wrestler, Chris Benoit. One day out of seemingly nowhere he just killed his wife and kid then himself. We really don't know why for certain, he just suddenly seemed to succumb to whatever it was that was making him think he had to do that. Evidently, Benoit is believed to have had CTE, or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a common disorder among pro wrestlers and boxers who get repeated head trauma over the course of their career, which can make them act completely out of character one day like a brain tumor. It's often compared to diseases like dementia and Alzheimer's in the way it damages the brain. I have no good reason to believe Whitman had CTE, though I suppose it's possible, I just think it's an interesting comparison.

messianic_mania wrote:

ParanoidAndroid wrote:

Probably Whitman. The confusion he expressed in his suicide note intrigues me. He really couldn't explain what was going on with him and had no idea what to do except act. I'd probably just try and talk to him about his life in general. All the lists he kept and the way he structured it, things like that.

I've always wondered why some men with wives and kids choose to kill their family before they kill themselves, and they usually have a similar motive to Whitman. Not even really having a definitive answer as to why they're doing it, but simultaneously confident enough in their feelings to execute their whole family. I suppose it could have something to do with societal pressure, feeling they're forced to provide for their family and being overwhelmed with it... Wanting out but not wanting their family to suffer without a provider... Maybe it's something like that. I think that would make more sense for Whitman, along with wanting to spare his wife the pain of the consequences of his actions. I always wondered if that was a motive for Adam Lanza killing his mother, wanting to spare her the pain and trouble he was about to cause...

Interestingly [to only me, probably], Whitman's request of his brain being examined for any physical conditions along with mentioning his headaches reminds me somewhat of this pro wrestler, Chris Benoit. One day out of seemingly nowhere he just killed his wife and kid then himself. We really don't know why for certain, he just suddenly seemed to succumb to whatever it was that was making him think he had to do that. Evidently, Benoit is believed to have had CTE, or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a common disorder among pro wrestlers and boxers who get repeated head trauma over the course of their career, which can make them act completely out of character one day like a brain tumor. It's often compared to diseases like dementia and Alzheimer's in the way it damages the brain. I have no good reason to believe Whitman had CTE, though I suppose it's possible, I just think it's an interesting comparison.

Good mention of Chris Benoit.

I would probably speak to either Lucas De Oliveira or Stephen Paddock. That, or the other contenders would be James Holmes or Dylann Roof. Or maybe Seung-Hui Cho. I think all of those listed would be quite interesting and/or entertaining. (Omar Mateen as well).

EsalvatoryOrbalofJTruth wrote:

I would probably speak to either Lucas De Oliveira or Stephen Paddock. That, or the other contenders would be James Holmes or Dylann Roof. Or maybe Seung-Hui Cho. I think all of those listed would be quite interesting and/or entertaining. (Omar Mateen as well).

Mostly the deadliest American ones, because those are a bit harder to grasp psychologically; not really Mateen as much as the other two.

Dylann Roof because his voice is weirdly soothing

Adam lanza because he is smart and would be intresribgv conversatio to have

Definitely Dylan Klebold. His philosophy and cosmological model are just so deeply intriguing to me.

Probably Alina Afanaskina. One of the only female mass shooters, and we have almost 0 information about her.

Vraggoe wrote:

Probably Alina Afanaskina. One of the only female mass shooters, and we have almost 0 information about her.

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Propably a Tarrant or Gendron Payton. I know their intentions, but I would be happy to talk to them about geopolitics, viewsat and things like that.
They have always intrigued me.

Drakeford wrote:

PaciaQ wrote:

Propably a Tarrant or Gendron Payton. I know their intentions, but I would be happy to talk to them about geopolitics, viewsat and things like that.
They have always intrigued me.

your a Pompous SoyBoy

Better than another columbiners fan