The joker's interrogation scene in The Dark Knight and his views about Civilization

[Travel memoir21]

I first saw this movie when it first came out in the theaters. Now looking back, after life experiences and just living, do you guys think The Joker was somewhat right? Or do you still take Batman's side that there's still hope and good people in this world and you've got to take the bad guys out? Whose views are you leaning towards to now? And how do you still maintain a positive and noble outlook despite the many sh1tty circumstances that's taking place out there? I for one thinks there's still plenty of Good people out there and having a sense of Hope is a good thing, what about you?

 

[BaronOfHair]

do you think TheJokerr...

Yeah: Most people's reluctance to rob, cheat, rape, maim, and murder stems primairly from fear of punishment and social repercussions. Once those things vanish, we discover who's been putting on a facade, and who among us are true mensches

 

[Travel memoir21]

Yeah: Most people's reluctance to rob, cheat, rape, maim, and murder stems primairly from fear of punishment and social repercussions. Once those things vanish, we discover who's been putting on a facade, and who among us are true mensches

Hey man....I just had a dream right now, it's 1:35 AM and I'm just waking up from that nightmare. I don't want to sound religious but it deals with God and extremism, in my dream it showed me a Pride lgbtq parade and how God would want those people to ultimately be killed and wiped out like Sodom and Gomorrah in The Bible. I woke up with up night sweats right now.....just made some coffee and recovering, that was intense, sort of makes you question humanity as whole whether these types of extremist behaviors would be justified. Personally, even in rough and tumble religions like Islam, they said Allah or God is the most merciful and compassionate and I don't want to give up hope and that side of me, I'd rather go the empathy and understanding route and passing good vibes around before resorting to such actions. But a part of me also believe there will be a time in the future where crap will hit the fan and a lot of devious subcultures will meet their demise.

 

[BaronOfHair]

Personally, even in rough and tumble religions like Islam, they said Allah or God is the most merciful and compassionate...

Yeah, GOD might be unfailingly compassionate... That's an impractical expectation to have of mere mortals like us

 

[zekko]

Hey man....I just had a dream right now, it's 1:35 AM and I'm just waking up from that nightmare. I don't want to sound religious but it deals with God and extremism, in my dream it showed me a Pride lgbtq parade and how God would want those people to ultimately be killed and wiped out like Sodom and Gomorrah in The Bible. I woke up with up night sweats right now.....just made some coffee and recovering, that was intense, sort of makes you question humanity as whole whether these types of extremist behaviors would be justified. Personally, even in rough and tumble religions like Islam, they said Allah or God is the most merciful and compassionate and I don't want to give up hope and that side of me, I'd rather go the empathy and understanding route and passing good vibes around before resorting to such actions. But a part of me also believe there will be a time in the future where crap will hit the fan and a lot of devious subcultures will meet their demise.

If you were a father (maybe you are, I don't know), would you raise your child with discipline and teach him what to do to do right and be successful, or would you just let him do whatever the heck he wanted to do with no consequences and not care whether he made a failure out of himself or not?

I'll take Batman, because I like to look on the positive side. But there are all kinds of people out there, and some of them will mess things up for everybody.