&gt; Was John LaDue’s deviance counterfeit? He told Cranbrook that he would have gone ahead with his plan had he not been stopped, and she believed him. The second of the psychologists to examine him, James Gilbertson, also felt that LaDue’s threat was real: his obsessive preparation had created a powerful momentum toward action.<p>It&#x27;s strange that we believe the teenage boy would do what he claims when it&#x27;s violence.<p>Would they so readily believe him if he told them he was going to be a rock star? Or an NFL wide receiver?