[Borges]

This sort of cheap psychology doesn’t get very far. A lot of people who write violent books and direct violent films don’t do stuff like this.

[Callahan]

You’re right. When I was in 2nd grade, I used to draw elaborate battle scenes of Smurfs slaughtering Carebears to humor my friends and scare my teachers. These days they’d lock me up.

[tsowellfan]

I guess we should all surround Steven King’s home </sarc

[Labyrinthos]

This sort of cheap psychology doesn’t get very far. A lot of people who write violent books and direct violent films don’t do stuff like this.

The disconnect is that he must be nuts because he obviously had little talent as a creative writer.

[alloysteel]

Yeah, just ask Senator Jim Webb, D-VA, how much your writing reflects your frame of thinking. In fact, that may have been the inspiration for young Cho’s writing.

Question - is there any relationship between Margaret Cho, and this younger Cho? Margaret Cho was in a movie “Assassin” in 2005.

A LOT of misfits seems to have needed some counseling.

[Mannaggia l'America]

This sort of cheap psychology doesn’t get very far. A lot of people who write violent books and direct violent films don’t do stuff like this.

Exactly - I remember in an English class we each had to write a play, and I wrote one about a poker game where a guy ended up shooting everyone.

That was about 20 years ago - and I've never owned a gun and never fired one (although I reserve the right...).

[not2worry]

Ditto!

I read worse stuff on DU and don’t even to to what’s on TV.

Wonder what other kind of plays came out of other VT English Majors. I would guess probably drama just as bad or worse. Being a Senior at VT, I assume the lad got passing grades on his “works”