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ZetaTalk: The Grudge

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ZetaTalk: The Grudge

written March 12, 2009

There are many motives to a rampage, the application to Service-to-Self worlds we have repeatedly mentioned only being one of them.

There is the momentary blind rage, the South Carolina shooting over a real estate deal being a typical scenario.

Enraged at being backed into a wall, and at 88 years of age struggling with a diminished capacity for dealing

with a changing world, the shooter was dealing with the blind rage that one sees in a bear trapped in its den by a

hunting party.

There is also the carefully plotted murder of convenience, where the husband murders his wife, after having

taken out an insurance policy on her life, so that he can take up with a younger or more compliant model.

There are situations where the shooter has been dealt a series of blows - job loss, economic setbacks, or bad

health - and decides to end his life and take his loved ones with him. This is not an uncommon reaction in those

who have come to think of their dependants as their possession. To these individuals, killing their loved ones is

part and parcel to killing themselves, as they are a package.

The rampage in Germany fits none of these, nor does it fit into the pattern of one who is applying for a position on

future Service-to-Self worlds. It was a revenge killing because the shooter was holding a grudge. Surrounded by

strikingly beautiful girls at high school, he attracted none of them. They were not interested in his parent's wealth, nor did his expertise at table tennis impress them. In a land where mental acumen was common, he was mentally dull. He

felt humiliated by his school experience and fumed over this, deciding to take revenge. He fully expected to get away

with his deed, and only killed himself when trapped. What are the clues that this was not an application for a future

position on a Service-to-Self world? He had a personal relationship with the teachers and girls he was targeting, and

those he killed outside of the school were standing in the way of his clean get-away.

The rampage in Alabama also bears all the hallmarks of a revenge killing. Former employers were targeted, and were

listed on a grudge list found in the assailant's home. The killer did not lack personal qualities that would afford him

good jobs or a mate. He was an A student, attractive, received good reviews from his employers, and in all cases quit

his jobs and was not terminated. Did he have a touchy ego, that every slight was recorded and resented? And why was

his family likewise targeted? Those who strive for perfect grades are often from homes where they feel held to

exacting standards, or where they are trying to gain attention and affection from what seems to be a cruel world.

Having given their all, they expect a reward, and when it does not come to them to the degree they had expected, there

is resentment. Attractive and bright, the Alabama shooter felt his family did not appreciate him. He plotted revenge,

and when the lists of slights, real or imagined, grew too large to bear, he took revenge.

Authorities: Ala. Shooter Quit Job Last Week

March 11, 2009

First, McLendon set his mother's house on fire and killed her, then drove 12

miles and opened fire on his uncle's front porch, killing five more people and

his grandmother, who lived next door. Then, he drove through town and fired

seemingly at random, killing three more people. With police in pursuit, he

ended up at the metals plant where he once worked, and shot himself after

engaging in a shootout with law enforcement officers.

Alabama Shooter Michael McLendon Was 'Quiet'

March 11, 2009

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ZetaTalk: The Grudge

Michael McLendon, 27, of Kinston, Ala., was described by former high school classmates and others

who knew him as a former A student who 'never had very much to say.'

Alabama Shooter had Revenge List of Employers

March 11, 2009

A gunman who killed 10 people in the worst mass shooting in Alabama history had a list of

employers 'who had done him wrong,' including the nearby sausage plant he quit days before the

spree and the metal factory where he shot himself. McLendon was briefly employed by the police

department in Samson in 2003 and spent about a week and a half at the police academy, dropping

out before he received firearms training, More recently, he worked nearly two years at food

manufacturer and distributor Kelley Foods in Elba, about 25 miles north of where he shot most of

his victims. He was a 'reliable team leader' who was well liked, but quit. The company was on the

list of those the gunman felt slighted by. So were another of his employers, Reliable Metals in

Samson, and a Pilgrim's Pride plant near Enterprise.