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[thoughtsbetween]

I'm depressing. Read that however you like. An adolescent feeling is creeping back into my gut. I hate it. You guys probably all know what I'm talking about - that awful sinking, drowning sensation. The one that lets you fade into yourself so far that the things you see aren't even part of your reality. I felt that a lot in high school and I

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[kry_86]

I think we all have distorted views of ourselfs. I think that may be part of the way we were built. Some people are more arrogant than they think and chalk it up to having confidence, some focus on outter beauty and miss the inner. My favourite qote from Michale Caine (when he was playing a real life villian, I can;t think of who) is : no man is an enemy to himself. In all honesty do you think Hiter, Stalin and countless others actually think they did were evil, or did they think they were creating a better world? I just saw the movie Serenity and it played with that. Essencialy the "good guys" are renegades, who loot and plunder because they are outlaws who fight/fought the establishment, and lost the war. In the film the "bad guy" does horibble things like murder and distroy planets, because he never knew that although he was killing to create a better world, the establishment lied and their experiement failed to create a better world. I've bathered on for too long on this.

Amy, I got an email from her wayyyyyy back in March. And ran into her at the mall in late August. She was good when I saw her. But very busy. We talked for like 10 minutes then I had to go to work.

P.S. Jodi, nice to hear from you again. We should go out for coffee soon.

[thoughtsbetween]

Good point. I like how you took the whole self-perception thing in a different direction. I was looking at it from the "I think less of myself" standpoint and you looked at it in the "I'm not a monster" way. Very nice. Serenity was a fun movie, and you clearly took everything from it that you could. Question: What do you think would happen if society started to humanize the 'monsters'? Would law struggle to keep its power?

What do you think we should do about Amy? Have everyone call her on the same day? Show up at her house and not leave? I think we HAVE to do something.

P.S. I don't drink coffee. But that can't be a deterrent. When are you free?

[kry_86]

Amy first... I called her around Christmas, so she'll answer the phone. So perhaps a phone call is all we need to do... or storm her house.

I'm free, Wednesday after 6, all of Thursday and Saturday.

Okay if I knew you saw the movie, my explanation would have been better because I could use names. And clearly when I wrote that it was within 24 hours of seeing the movie.

See in Canada I think we are more forgiving of our monsters. Take Evelyn Dick for example. In the movie Torso, they look at her in real terms. They examine her reasoning in a more human way. A more three dimensional way. They show her as being vulnerable and the softer side of her. Lets make no mistake. This woman (though never convicted, but the evidence is compelling) murdered her husband and baby. I think we are more forgiving of our monsters with time... I mean look at the latest movie on Karla Holmoka. I just don't think enough time has passed for anyone to see her as anything but a monster. i do wonder if Bernardo and Holmoka will ever be examined in that three dimensional way. I think that is a trend in Canadian history. We don;t deny that a mistake was made and we sent thousands of Jews to their death, by turning away a ship prior to WWII. In contrast you look at the States and they deny that they every needed help from the French during the Revolution.
Now given my little write up here, do you think law struggles to keep it's power?
If we humanize our villains, perhaps we will gain a perspective that would help identify behavior earlier on in a person's life that would allow us to stop another Hitler or Stalin from abusing their power. I am a firm believer that knowledge is power. If we know how "monsters" are created, we can learn how to defuse their power. There are always exceptions to the rules, someone always has to take that big step that rocks the boat, sometimes you need a catalyst for progress.
Now I'm gonna start contradicting myself so I'll stop.