tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post3304976916134434835..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Monday Forum - what is it about villians? Jim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-71623677581922587622014-12-18T05:38:36.942+11:002014-12-18T05:38:36.942+11:00Hi all. The combined B-S-N family may well be even...Hi all. The combined B-S-N family may well be even worse than the polite histories tell. I well remember the stories of the Emperor Tiberius and his swimming pool. Could they be published now?<br /><br />And DG, you may be right. In fact, I'm sure that you are. I will bring my son up as a celibate clergy and he can do the same for his kids!<br /><br />Not charm, perhaps, kvd. In the Victorian melodrama where good always triumphs in the end, we need a hiss object! Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-28035079407000629072014-12-16T14:49:59.877+11:002014-12-16T14:49:59.877+11:00I guess the stage villain needs charm.
Evil peopl...I guess the stage villain needs charm.<br /><br />Evil people aren't necessarily charming and can be quite repellent.Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355215688351759230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-72143921213870426642014-12-16T00:58:47.216+11:002014-12-16T00:58:47.216+11:00When I listen to debate among clergy in the Cathol...When I listen to debate among clergy in the Catholic Church about celibacy I have a good laugh and think of the Borgias. <br /><br />DGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-21200304745166650142014-12-15T23:56:05.079+11:002014-12-15T23:56:05.079+11:00the combined Borgia-Sforza-Naples family was even ...the combined Borgia-Sforza-Naples family was even worse than the polite histories tellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-64952252101713116682014-12-15T21:01:31.566+11:002014-12-15T21:01:31.566+11:00I think that you are right on villain. Hitler wasn...I think that you are right on villain. Hitler wasn't a villain, just evil. Villain has at least some minimal redeeming feature, I think. <br /><br />So far the response to the siege has been better than I first expected. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-83552502946209872602014-12-15T18:36:15.729+11:002014-12-15T18:36:15.729+11:00"what is it about villains that so fascinates..."what is it about villains that so fascinates us?"<br /><br />Villains is a romantic old term - or at least I think so.<br /><br />So to answer your query above - I'd say that they are celebrated for doing stuff which we peasants might secretly consider, but are never actually game enough to do. Ned Kelly is a 'villain' in that way - except he is also recorded as doing quite unromantic stuff, such as murder and robbery.<br /><br />On this Sydney hostage drama, I turned on the tv after reading your post, and SkyNews informed me that "at least one, and possibly more..." gunman were involved. My thought was "more cowbell".<br /><br />I hope it resolves; I'm sure it will. But National Security Council meeting? There's that cowbell.<br /><br />kvd<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com