fantasies. The authorities should have slapped him down a long time ago. They didn't, and now somebody is dead. I'd consider that quite plausible if Martin's background and history were that of, say, an honor-role student, or a teenager known to be a rather disciplined, traditional conformist, or a faithful attendee at the local church, or a big fan of the Boy Scouts, or someone who did just the opposite of trying to stir things up, etc. Then he must be super human. He'd be like a guy (for instance, a cop) confronting a beautiful woman (better yet, a very stunning blond one) and claiming that would have absolutely, totally, indisputably no effect -- not even 0.00000010 percent of an effect -- on the way he'd deal with her. And that could even include a scenario where the guy is gay. He has about the same perception as me, and I'm as white as a bedsheet. It's also a given that the life experiences of people and, most importantly, their political biases are among the things that make them tick. But those aspects of people don't exist in a vacuum, so other things do come into play too. I'd consider that quite plausible if Martin's background and history were that of, say, an honor-role student This is why I think it's not necessary to put Martin on trial. The truth is that he could plausibly feel threatened even if he's not an honorable person. In fact, it's possible he is