How do you get to that point?

How do you get to the point where you can walk into a room full of strangers, look at them, and start killing them?  How do you get to the point where your life and the lives of other people mean so little to you?  How do you get to the point where you even start planning ahead--acquiring weapons, ammunition, and other tools--for the sole purpose of destroying life?  How do you get to that point?

The massacre (as the media is calling it, and I happen to agree) at Virginia Tech today is shocking and unbelievable.  The February killing spree at Trolley Square in Salt Lake hit closer to home with me because I've walked those halls.  Columbine always comes to mind when considering mindless violence against innocent people.  These events and so many similar events are simply senseless.

If you hate yourself to the point that you want to end your life, what makes you decide to take as many people with you as you can?  How does causing others so much physical pain and emotional heartache make any difference to you?  In the end, you're still just as dead.

I'm glad I don't get it.