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Originally posted by Greg B
That's because 'Good Guys' are too soft. Ya ever notice how the good die young but the evil just keep rooooolllling along?
I think humanity is a bit too masochistic as a whole. We love and admire the bad guys because they remind us of whom we really are on the inside.
Look at American lexicon. Our language is full of violent metaphors:
" I'm gonna make a killing at the stock market "
" The Giants pounded the Jets "
" I died laughing "
We're obsessed with violence. When you study other languages you'll be stunned to find how little violent slang and metaphors there are outside of historic or religious references.
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Very good observation. But it goes back even further than that in our collective cultural consciousness.
"Alexander the Great!"
Why is he great? Because he mass-murdered hundreds of thousands? Plundered the resources of other nations? Enslaved conquered people?
If you or I murdered an innocent person to steal their stuff, we would hardly be looked upon as "Great". But if we murdered a million and called it a "conquest" then we probably would be (as long as our side writes the history books).
Mankind is Insane.
Wonton is the only sane human on earth.