[papertyger]

This auhor says the bloodlust came first, followed by the incredibly elaborate intellectual/ political rationalization.

Nonsense. The author is trying to rationalize his own intellectual dishonesty.

The unfortunate truth is the killer writes better in english as a second language than 95% of native english speakers.

The guy is a "Bond villian." Deal with it. Trying to pretend he's something he's not only degrades the authors credibility.

Anyone who presumes to evaluate the murderer without reading his self confessed raison d'etre is worse than a fool.

[Mrs. Don-o]

There seems to be an immediate reflex of jumping to psychological and sociological explanations for horrific behavior. "What's wrong with his brain chemistry?" "What was wrong with his early childhood?" "What is wrong with our society?"

The category of "Evil" is something that gets short shrift.

I'll admit I don't know how to grasp it.