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When I came home last night and logged into Facebook, I noticed that the opinions on The Dark Knight Rises were rather polarizing. I saw everything from calling it “remarkable” to saying that it was a “90s cop drama with a Batman cameo.” Frankly, I was pretty surprised, but should I be? I mean, we now live in a world where if something doesn’t go the way you want it to, it’s bad. I don’t know what the deal is. I loved it.
Because he thought it was good sport. 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.
This quote got my attention recently. Everyone who has ever seen this movie knows it. I hate to use such popular quote but it’s been dancing in my head lately. I was watching this scene and I started thinking about the shooting in Tucson. Jared Lee Loughner, the man who did this horrific crime has been in police custody since the event happened. Loughner shot and injured 20 people, killed 6 including a nine year old girl, and of course critically injured Representative Gabrielle Giffords.
