livingstone
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i have to disagree...he was addicted to the internet and the attention he got off of it...positive and negative...he got off on it....it was a source of energy and adrenaline and everything else.....
i have friends who are correctional officers and while the US is prob diff than other countries, i doubt he is getting that much attention. not the attention that he needs and craves...
no way....
Personally, I am not sure. That's why I put all the question marks.
I do see the need for the attention on the internet.
The kind of attention I speak of is not healthy attention. Its a sort of demented attention. Not in a motherly and soft way, but rather, having another adult run your life for you. An authority figure making decisions for you and dictating your life removes all your responsibilities. That's what adults do with babies.
A baby cannot appreciate all the nuisances of the adult's processes as a baby. Those decisions of when to feed, what to feed, what to wear, etc. But the baby needs an adult for that.
This guy is like a baby. His being in prison is kinda like a baby having a sorta crappy mother. You don't get intimate nurturing but all the physical needs are met. And, there is no abuse. The CO's I know do not abuse the inmates. (Not saying it does not happen)
Anyway, I see your points. I do not disagree with your comments. They actually fit with what I am thinking in a strange way. Like not getting the attention he needs and craves. He will have a weird version of getting that attention, but attention he will get. There will be doctors lined up in droves to interview and study him, reporters and crime show networks begging to meet and interview this guy.
He will not be bored. Do you think that can suffice? Or take the place of the internet? I don't know.
Incidentally, I'm not so sure he really wanted the kind of attention he got on the internet. Seems more a band aid. I suspect that deep down he desired to bond with someone. That the internet and that kind of attention is not what the deepest parts of his persona craved. But that is all he had because he was incapable of responding to other human beings on an intimate level.
I am afraid that there are so many kids like this now. There always were but more nowadays.