People are also remarkably adept at rationalizing their actions to fit their self perception. Dale Carnegie talked about this in "How to Win Friends and Influe

People are also remarkably adept at rationalizing their actions to fit their self perception. Dale Carnegie talked about this in "How to Win Friends and Influence People": http://books.google.com/books?id=1rW-QpIAs8UC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=1rW-QpIAs8UC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA3... TL;DR; - A hardened criminal and cop killer felt that he was constantly being persecuted by the police and was only defending himself.