10 Lessons | The Dark Knight
What we can learn from this week's most popular movie in the universe.
1. Some people are just bad. Crazy bad. No reason for it. No history. No back story.
2. All we need to know is this -- they must be beaten and killed like dogs so they won't hurt us.
3. These people are called terrorists.
4. Sometimes the truth isn't good enough. Lying to the public is OK, as long as you have a Good reason.
5. It's OK to tap everyone's cell phone calls -- just this once -- as long as you have a Good reason.
6. While the wise and pure of heart among us may find it repugnant to tap everyone's cell phones, they'll still go along with it just this once.
7. Tapping everyone's cell phone will give us the edge in the final fight.
8. Americans will never blow each other up by the boatload. This goes for crabby New York commuters and surly cross-eyed convicts.
9. The stinking terrorists are inexplicably powerful, resourceful, far-sighted, wealthy, well-armed, tricky and unfathomable.
10. Sometimes you have to be the villain for the greater Good.
It's actually very reassuring, in a terrifying way.
Bonus Lesson: A real hero trades in his Batmobile for an M2 Bradley IFV with detachable phallus.
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