It was a pattern of his personality I think (Public Board)
The FBI policy is shoot to kill and then cover it up. Give anyone that asks questions the runaround.
This is so true "Russians are indeed weird. It's probably the entire Slavic thing... a depressing fatalistic world view that's shared as a culture." Even Russian women have that depressing demeanor. I think Unix always thought he was doomed and there was no hope. He couldn't see any other way in life. It was pre-ordained like you said.
I liked Unix. He was okay, but definitely Slavic. Sometimes he didn't have much to say and other times he would post a really thoughtful post. He was just himself, kind of awkward when communicating sometimes.