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I read the manifesto from start to finish in an afternoon marathon.
What surprised me was the amount of minute detail he poured out about his life. The kid had to have been keeping some sort of constant diary or journal as he grew up. I can't believe he just rattled all this stuff off from the top of his head.
I'd be hard-pressed to recall what I did a few weeks ago - let alone the intricate details of my entire past life. This kid had detailed memories of who taught him to play on a swing-set at age five?!
But I agree with you Mutt about the empathy...at least until it was obvious he'd gone off the rails. But we have to remember - he wrote this from HIS subjective perspective. It would be interesting to hear the alternate versions from friends and family that had to deal with him.
I got the feeling that he had fairly decent parents who eventually ran out of time, patience or methods of dealing with him - and perhaps left him to his own devices in the hopes he would somehow self-correct (which obviously didn't happen).
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