Thursday, November 10, 2005
What's a teenager?
Hmmm...
The Oct. 15 killing shocked Lafayette, and in the days after Dyleski's arrest Oct. 19, many people said he seemed to have changed in recent years from a typical boy who enjoyed Little League and scouting into a dark, brooding young man who favored long hair and black trench coats.
Wait, he changed in recent years from a typical boy into a typical slightly-older boy? That's news?
"We want to let people know that Scott isn't the monster that the media is making him out to be," said a 16-year-old girl named Violet, who attended Wednesday's hearing and asked that her last name be withheld because of the intense media coverage of the slaying. She and two friends said they had met Dyleski during middle school. "I don't think people should be making judgments about him based on his appearance. He's never shown us anything but kindness."
I think people are making judgments about him not based on his appearance, but because of his act of murdering someone... uh... allegedly, I mean. *snicker*
Kyle Tuominen, a friend of Dyleski's at Acalanes High School in Lafayette before Dyleski went on to Diablo Valley College, said he "had a really hard time at school" because he refused to conform.
Ah, yes, refusing to conform, just like everybody else. You're going to have to do better than that to stand out.
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