Transplantman wrote:
I too get fascinated with serial killer, violent video games, even tragic events like 9/11, until it becomes personal. I am more sensitive now to the idea of losing a loved one than ever before. Hearing about tragedies on a personal level bothers me more than I ever thought possible (kind of strange against the idea of becoming de-sensitized), But give me Grand Theft Auto or Fable II and I can be an utter sadist. Somehow I'm equally thrilled and terrified of violence.
I was a kid during WW2. My major fantasy was to be a bombardier aboard a B-17 or B-29 and drop 500 and 1000 lb h.e. bombs on the axis. When WW2 ended in September of 1945 I wept, because I knew I would never realize my dream. I wanted to be Hitler's worst nightmare, a Jew with a Norden bomb sight. I reclaimed some of my fantasy by working on weapons of mass destruction (in real life) and designing guidance and terrain data storage systems for cruise missiles (this was in the pre-GPS days). Some of my "babies" have actually killed enemies of the United States, so I got to be someone's nightmare after all. I am now too old to craft weapons that will destroy the Jihadi enemies. That is for someone else.
ruveyn
26 Jan 2009, 11:13 am
