But that's usually where the kids who had a tough time in high school end up excelling. The drama kids who got food tossed at them in the cafeteria end up in Hollywood, in of commercials, on our screens. The computer geeks end up as programmers, network administrators and software engineers drivin golf balls and BMW's. The book worms study for years to become doctors, lawyers and accountants. None of this can happen if you're dead, or spending life in prison.
Any sucker can go and pick up a gun and pull the trigger, life is tough, there is no doubt about it.
It takes strength to deal with things that hurt, things that make you wish you were someone else, wish you could turn the tables and laugh at them instead of you. But ya don't make your life into a quake game. That is a way for low life pussies. No statement, vindication, popularity or fulfillment can come from something like that, only pain, regret, loss. These are mistakes too harsh to learn, at any age.