RE: virus: Primitive society violence and murder rates. was Re: :The Disciplinary Process of the Church of Virus

From: Blunderov (squooker@mweb.co.za)
Date: Mon Oct 06 2003 - 13:47:15 MDT

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    Mermaid
    > Sent: 06 October 2003 1726
    > [Blunderov]I wonder whether it could be argued from this that the
    origins
    > of crime are contained in the State itself. That at its Hollywood
    heart of
    > darkness lies a glamorous resistance to the State, a sexy partisan
    > hiding in the mountains?
    >
    > [Mermaid]can you elaborate on that? It sounds beautiful enough for me
    to
    > borrow it for random conversation..but it would be better for me if I
    knew
    > precisely what it means.

    [Blunderov]
    What I was wondering about is the apparent persistence of the 'romantic
    outlaw' theme in popular culture. Often criminals seem to attract an
    unaccountable admiration. Ned Kelly is a folk hero. So is Robin Hood.
    Guy Fawkes is still celebrated around the world. Here in SA the Stander
    gang seemed to attract more approval than anything else. And the popular
    imagination is rapt with what it perceives as the nihilism of serial
    killers.

    Popular media makes a lot of money mining this schadenfreude and
    seemingly there is a deep, rich seam of it available. Could it be that
    it derives from an atavistic rejection of large scale social
    organization?
    Best Regards 

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