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If you want to blow his mind, use zombies to open up a philosophical conversation...is a zombie a "person"
It is an argument between the schools of thought that describe a person as either a res cogitas (a thinking thing) or a res corporealis (a bodily thing)
To those who believe that a person is an intellect trapped within a body, the zombie is not a person, as thinking has essentially stopped within the body.
To those who believe a person is the flesh and flesh only, there is no distinction between the person before and after zombification, as the body is still present and animated.
Or you can remind him that extreme alienation marked by a pre-existing social disorder combined with a lack of approval and acceptance from peers and parents is what makes kids "go Columbine"... so he should be a little more supportive and understanding.
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"Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies."
Earl of Chesterfield
"A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."
Francis Bacon
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