Thoughtful, but somewhat contradictory. You suggest he is "just a lonely loser" rather than insane at the beginning, but suggest otherwise throughout. Agree, that is a hard one to parse. And huge many variables on either side of that one. But one question remains: why do some lonely, marginalized people never turn to violence. Yes he is grandstanding. Regardless, I see him as mentally ill and the death penalty should not be given. Nor should he get to be that martyr, or given that glory, he seeks. Both.