On Feb 15, 3:32 pm, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msdREMOVETHIS.biglobe.ne.jp>
wrote:

> >Ego is a factor, but I think its also a case of isolation,
> >disappointment, some boredom perhaps (he isn't a stupid man, but made
> >life choices that bore him), mixed with a mild but forgivable/
> >understandable dash of mental illness.
>
> This part below was a good way to describe it:
>
> >His writing is a sort of therapy. Gives him a sense of purpose,
> >gets things off his chest.
>
> Funny, this is a similar reason I started writing all those nasty rants back in
> the early 2000s when I was locked up in the Philippine corporate factory gulags
> and had nothing else to do with all eight or nine minutes of free time.
>
> Thanks. While I'm still in no way changed in my opinions about the guy, I
> understand his motivations a little bit now.

Do you still write rants? Some of them were quite entertaining, some
informative and thought provoking (the follow-up article to the
firebombing of Gifu for example), while others did reek a bit of the
isolation thingee.