What I found so interesting about this post is how neutrally Kottke presents it, when I was expecting something that would sway me in some direction. You're abs

What I found so interesting about this post is how neutrally Kottke presents it, when I was expecting something that would sway me in some direction. You're absolutely right about how unremarkable the comments are, I finished reading the entry, then paused for 20 seconds or so, just thinking "yeah, and...?". The only reaction I could come up with was a feeling that the guy seemed to be thoughtful, reasonable, and careful with his language - that didn't seem to me like a person who would kill and maim innocents. It removed a layer of I suppose 'profiling' I'd been projecting on the perpetrators and made me feel like I knew less than I had before reading these comments. A kind of: "This is the guy that did that terrible thing? Well I guess I really don't know anything".