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I'm 13.My name is Cory Moss.
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Observe the following with the eyes and mind of a mad-man, of a genious.
For this is what I am... a mad-man... an evil,evil genious...
In the new release, "The Dark Knight", there are some interesting psychological questions brought up within the movie, particularly by the infamous Joker. The Joker seems to be a man with no other purpose than "to watch the world burn," but perhaps there's some truth to his words?
*Warning the following contains direct quotes from the movie.*
Joker: "I took Gotham's white knight, and brought him down to our level. It wasn't hard. Y'see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little...push."
Joker: "See, I'm not a monster...I'm just ahead of the curve."
Joker: "You'll see, I'll show you, that when the chips are down, these uh... civilized people,they'll eat each other."
These quotes seem to imply that madness is what is natural, and that all things fall into madness with the slightest stimulation. Is this true? Is madness where the human race thrives? Is Madness where we will all eventually end up? Or perhaps you think there is a different interpretation of the quotes?
Joker: "Nobody panics when the expected people get killed. Nobody panics when things go according to plan, even if the plans are horrifying. If I tell the press that tomorrow a gangbanger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will get blown up, nobody panics. But when I say one little old mayor will die, everyone loses their minds! Introduce a little anarchy, you upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I am an agent of chaos. And you know the thing about chaos, Harvey? It's fair."
Two ideas represented in this quote, the first being that people are content with the known, regardless of what the understood actions entail, as long as people know the outcome the losses are somehow lessened in their eyes. This seems to almost lead into the popular belief that what people fear most is the unknown. How true is this statement?
The second idea is that chaos is fair. This (from what I understand) comes from the fact that chaos does not pick and choose who it affects, it simply acts without any discretion. People cannot control chaos and therefore all people are prey to it, one person is just as helpless as another. Is this true, or is chaos actual unfair?
Alfred Pennyworth: "Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn"
Do you believe this to be true? Are some people truly motivated by nothing but the desire to cause chaos? Is this the case with the Joker?
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(Also, this is a formal challenge to a gentleman's duel.
I expect you at dawn...after I rework the schedule to work you in earlier that night)
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