“I got fed up with my current lifestyle, so I thought I’d kill anyone,” was the confession of the suspect who stabbed a woman in her 70s to death with a knife in Machida, Tokyo, on September 30th. “I got fed up with my current lifestyle, so I killed a complete stranger…” This leap in logic is intolerable and completely unacceptable. But even so, aren’t there too many people these days who turn to crime based on self-centered, outlandish theories? If you hate your current lifestyle, you would normally make an effort to change it. But even if that’s not possible, would you suddenly direct your aggression at a complete stranger? It would be better to direct it at yourself. (Kei)

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