As I watch the national anger over the AIG bonuses bubble and froth (and I laugh at how righteously indignant some of the biggest hypocrites are), I can't but wonder why someone hasn't just punched these people in the face.
I, of course, do not condone murder, or promote targeted violence, but faced with these snobbish jerks who feel entitled to vast sums of money they didn't earn (and you better give it to them or they'll sue for more), I have to think that maybe this is exactly what Dostoevsky was getting at in Crime and Punishment when Raskalnikov knocks off Alena, the unpleasant, wealthy, despised money-lender.
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I, of course, do not condone murder, or promote targeted violence, but faced with these snobbish jerks who feel entitled to vast sums of money they didn't earn (and you better give it to them or they'll sue for more), I have to think that maybe this is exactly what Dostoevsky was getting at in Crime and Punishment when Raskalnikov knocks off Alena, the unpleasant, wealthy, despised money-lender.
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