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Post by aubrey on Oct 31, 2010 10:41:52 GMT
It should be remembered that most murderers of that type are incredibly stupid, and too stupid to realise it. Most of us know pretty much how stupid we are, but these murderers are so stupid as to think that they're really intelligent.
So I think a lot of the murderer as hero takes them at their own estimation, missing out the sordidness and pointlessness of murder as it really is, and makes a grand story out of it. It can be exciting to imagine yourself outside the law and not bound by petty rules (such as those about not killing), as long as you don't think about it too much; most people realise that, in reality, it would be pretty ghastly to have killed someone, for all sorts of reasons.
I'd imagine that Bonnie and Clyde carried on with their spree because if they stopped they'd have to think about what they'd done, and what they'd gained from it. But the idea of a spree like that can be quite exhilerating, if you don't think about it. By the way, I don't think the original Bonnie looks not too bad in that picture; the original Clyde looked much worse.
Badlands is a good portrayal of the self delusion of this kind of killer: you see what's happening, and then you hear the voice-over's version of it. They are quite different.
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Post by sadie1263 on Oct 31, 2010 15:39:20 GMT
I think for some of them the thrill and the adrenaline rush are probably right up there with a drug rush.......and just like with drugs....you end up having to do a bit more for a bigger rush........
I also don't think they think too much past the act to the actual consequences.....just their own needs and wants...........
I think I look at these cases because I just can't fathom their actions..........the idea of what they do and how they could do it.......to be so out of touch with reality and have no empathy towards these people they kill........I just can't wrap my mind around it. I guess it's almost a desire to understand it so that you learn how to avoid the monsters.......but then again I don't believe that you can......so I don't know............
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