My call is that, yes, either they're trying to drive him insane or they're trying to lure him back out to where he can actually be arrested/mad shot/whatever.
It must be the latter; Pat is incapable of feeling guilt. His assholiness - the true, dark heart of his core personality - dictates that he is
never responsible for any of the problems that befall him. It is
always the fault of the Other - the Mexicans, the Chinese, the Pole Smokers, the Samoans. The only thing he has to worry about is reprocussions - and those are never his actual feelings. All he does is fear the irrational behavior of those who surround him. They obviously cannot comprehend the reality of Pat's situation - that he is a rock-solid island of reason and sanity in a world that is hell bent on destroying his own logical constructs.
I hate him.
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