Brenton
A Stoopid Criminal (& Guess the Baby)
November 8th 2007 13:54
Every now and then somebody does a deeply amusing post on ‘guess what this stoooooooooopid criminal did? I used to laugh at them all. I still do, a lot of the time – let’s face it, some of them are pretty funny. Like the dude who threw a brick at a window of a liquor shop, which bounced off the reinforced glass, knocking him out until the cops came. Ah, how I lol.
However, there is a sour tang to the humour. Nobody plans to be a criminal. Dude who’s robbing a bank probably wasn’t seeing this down his future path when he was 5 years old.
So the stupid criminal becomes human – not just an object of ridicule. They become most likely male, low educated, little money, unhappy, bored, little prospect for the future, maybe playing with dangerous habit forming drugs, committing acts of casual violence because they have no other way to express their anger.
The Criminal is an object of ridicule, much for the same reason as Nazis, Terrorists and White Extremists. That is, they are seen as the ‘bad guys’ and are therefore an appropriate object of ridicule.
Bad guys have a good side though. Even Darth Vader started out as a cute kid.
In a way, our own problems as a society are not simply caused by the presence of these individuals – but are a cause of the circumstances these individuals find themselves in, to influence such actions.
However, there is a sour tang to the humour. Nobody plans to be a criminal. Dude who’s robbing a bank probably wasn’t seeing this down his future path when he was 5 years old.
So the stupid criminal becomes human – not just an object of ridicule. They become most likely male, low educated, little money, unhappy, bored, little prospect for the future, maybe playing with dangerous habit forming drugs, committing acts of casual violence because they have no other way to express their anger.
This little child had a future, a childhood, a mother kissing him on the face. Now he is better known as a mass killer.
The Criminal is an object of ridicule, much for the same reason as Nazis, Terrorists and White Extremists. That is, they are seen as the ‘bad guys’ and are therefore an appropriate object of ridicule.
Bad guys have a good side though. Even Darth Vader started out as a cute kid.
In a way, our own problems as a society are not simply caused by the presence of these individuals – but are a cause of the circumstances these individuals find themselves in, to influence such actions.
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Comment by Mountain Fog
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Just a thought...it is absurd to think someone is born nasty!
But, are psychopaths born, shrinks are always being quoted saying they are, "wired differently"? Or are they created by their enviroment? Or is it a bit of both? I have never heard anyone cover that aspect of their terrifying personalities.
As for dumb crooks, I liked the one about the burglar who helped himself to the food, the couch and TV and lots of booze! He was woken up by the gentle nudging of the long arm of the law...I think covered in crisps!
And another, an Irish robber, who got his false leg stuck in the fence...so he hobbled away without it escaping arrest.
Then the police advertised in the local paper, "False leg found, collect at local cop shop!"
You can guess what he did...
cheers
fog
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I don't think people tend to be born bad, or if they have a tendancy towards badness, that it is uncontrollable.
Care to guess the baby?
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So who is it?
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If only he hadn't shaved that day, I'm sure I would have picked him!! hehe!
It is rather tempting now, is it not, to put a little moe on his lip??!!
zeeeeeig cheers!
fog