Watching this story unfold in the news, and seeing the inevitable "neighbor" interviewed (who herself looked a little maniacal). "Neighbors on McCoy's street said they didn't know much about the suspect or his mother."
Or his High school coach: "He was an ornery kid, but a lot of kids are ornery at that age, I don't remember him doing anything extreme."
So I was thinking of all the past interviews, of all the neighbors of all the serial killers and bombers.
Comments like:
"he always kept to himself"
"used to come and go at odd times"
"a quiet person ... didn't know him well"
"you ever saw much of him"
"seemed like a nice enough person"
... anyway, I got to wondering what would my neighbors say about me?
and they would also say about you:
"Hmmm, she was ALWAYS on the phone.." AND
"She did hang around some very strange people..."
hmmm..me:
my nieghbors wouldn't know who I was
my extended family (like you) would say, "I was deranged"
my wife would stick up for me (she better!!)
my family would say, "I alienated myself most of the time"
my friends would say "He was always inside on the computer"
eventually it would all be blamed on video games, I would get off scott free and sue the video game manufacturers for ruining my life.
Remember it's not MY fault, it's societies!