Goth type adolescents are certainly bringing more negative attention/rejection onto themselves. They are in the throws of the teen years and in process of sorting out who they are amidst the brutal social hierarchy that is hyper magnified in high school. Goths express their individuality by how they dress and the music they listen to. This does not impinge upon the rights or well being of others. There have been school shootings associated with those bullied and harassed in school...resulting in a meltdown/tragedy. The difference for me with LM is that he wasn't in adolescence chronologically, and he intentionally violated the rights of animals and at least one man to garner negative attention. This is a significant pathological leap along that continuum.