> Dana wrote: > Along the way it expressed some very complex thoughts about the > capacity of most people for evil.
Someone already mentioned the "banality of evil" thing, but isn't all of this similar to the topics of 2 famous books: * Lord of the Flies, and * Heart of Darkness? In the first, Golding covered how civilized kids could become very uncivilized, and downright evil, when not constrained by law. In the second, Conrad covered how adults could do the same thing. There there's a book by Lawrence Sanders - I don't remember the title - but in it a computer programmer, who's fairly well off because he's single and makes good dough in NYC, becomes a serial killer. He gets really bored with life and hooks up with some weirdo trust fund lady. Pretty soon he's killing people in Central Park with an Ice Axe he used for rock climbing. And all because he was bored. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Save $10 Download ZoneAlarm Security Suite http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=66 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145968 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
