Comparisons, Metaphors and the Like

[Ham]

Hmmm. Well, "evil" is subjective, for a lot of people. For even others, if it didn't happen to them, it wasn't really "evil" after all..

What vic did to some people here, to them it was as if he really WERE Hitler, or Atilla, or Milosevec..

if a person can put themselves in the shoes of the truly abused, maybe person could understand the feeling that labelling the mogster with these kind of titles really conveys.

I prefer the Capone comparison. I wasn't cornered in a motorcoach, but I was sold a bunch of contraband, i.e. stolen property, from a person who did so on a continual basis. They call this racketeering in modern terms. From my perspective, the comparison fits pretty well..

[oldiesman]

Hmmm. Well, "evil" is subjective, for a lot of people. For even others, if it didn't happen to them, it wasn't really "evil" after all..

Who or what poster do you refer to that has claimed that?

[Ham]

I won't throw that label on any one poster. It is only an observation.

I choose to speak generally. I've observed this with some online, but I've met in person some with this same kind of philosophy in real life.

If the particular person didn't get taken advantage of, or worse, they refuse to get involved. None of their business. At least they think..

[Bumpy]

Hmmm. Well, "evil" is subjective, for a lot of people. For even others, if it didn't happen to them, it wasn't really "evil" after all..

What vic did to some people here, to them it was as if he really WERE Hitler, or Atilla, or Milosevec..

if a person can put themselves in the shoes of the truly abused, maybe person could understand the feeling that labelling the mogster with these kind of titles really conveys.

I prefer the Capone comparison. I wasn't cornered in a motorcoach, but I was sold a bunch of contraband, i.e. stolen property, from a person who did so on a continual basis. They call this racketeering in modern terms. From my perspective, the comparison fits pretty well..

Do you mean this Herr Hitler?

[Ham]

Any one person can be quite a different character, depending on the particular observer's perspective..

From the poor starving people in this picture, Capone was a saint of God..

I would venture to say they didn't give a damn if he murdered, plundered, sold dope..

but that's what paid the bill, in this instance.

The heroin addict that depended on Capone's operations to get their fix.. I bet it was a mixed bag. I bet they blessed Capone's name, then cursed it almost in the same breath..

[Ham]

Sometimes the hate is so strong, I can feel it through my computer screen.

It just might not be hate you're feeling.. perhaps it is sorrow.

In that little photo above.. I feel sadness for somebody who is brought so low, as to have to receive sustenance and have to say "Thank you, *MR* Capone.."

[Ham]

I dunno..

if you can't look darkness in the eye, at least without "flipping out".. (sorry, I know I'm dated here..) you can't enjoy the light..

:)