Couldn’t it be both?
Crazy people can have premeditation in their evil deeds.
I am irritated at the near-universal press depiction of the VaTech killings as a tragedy.
Was the murder of millions at Dachau a tragedy?
Was the beheading of Americans by the Jihadi tragic?
Murder, mass or otherwise, is an outrage, a shock, and cause for angry alarm.
Romeo and Juliette was tragic. 9/11 was not tragic for the first few weeks, then our fear of outrage kicked in, MSM stopped showing pictures of people jumping from the towers, and the attack became a tragedy.
VaTech skipped right over ‘flying the flag’ to ‘yellow ribbon’ within minutes.
Of course it is both. Rage is not just conflagration and a single act. Rage can be cold, premeditated and well carried out.
My guess is he was paranoid and cold. And a failure as a student.