Posted on 09/24/2015 12:57:07 PM PDT by Kaslin
His point is that he made a conscious choice to do evil, it wasn’t something he automatically inherited through his genes. Johnny Depp is the dipshite here, not Jacoby.
Seem to be is the key, but alas they choose to lie.
That was pretty funny.
You just convinced me to never spank my kid ever again.
Actually I was on the fence, but your words are a tipping point.
Portraying a sensitive side to him probably didn't do him any favors.
Agreed.
He was an evil pr*ck to do what he did and that truly is black and white to me.
Johnny Depp, I think, was arguing that, because not everything Mr. Bulger did was evil, then we can't say, "He was an evil person." I think Depp is wrong. A certain level of evil action makes for an evil person, even if some of his actions - eating his meals - are morally neutral and some - kindness to a pet, perhaps - may be virtuous.
Mr. Jacoby, the author, would agree with this, I think. His point was that Bulger chose to do the evil acts and had the capacity to have chosen not to do them.
I think if he was starting out today, they’d call Richard Pryor an “Uncle Tom.”
If you read Howie Carr’s book, “The Brothers Bulger,” you’ll probably come to the conclusion that Whitey was a bad seed right from the start. Sure, things broke his way so he could increase his scale of operations, but after all, America has been the land of opportunity.
Probably not, especially at his age. He’s not so scary anymore.
Nobody cares just as long as he’s hard wired to an electric chair.
I have some pretty unconventional ideas about evil especially murderers.
I believe that Man is the highest of God’s creations. Whatever time we have on earth is a chance to be almost like God in that we can have our own children, learn the difference between good and evil and make our own decisions. If someone cuts our time short then they take away from that person part of that opportunity which may include becoming a follower of The Savior.
I believe there is a very special place in Hell for Murders and I doubt there will be any murders in Heaven. How can you repent of taking a life short of giving yours to get it back and we can’t do that.
No matter how nice a murderer is, he is still a murderer.
it’s possible no one is all bad but for some people, all the good in them is well in the past.
Mankind--male and female--were originally created, with free will to obey or to not obey the Yahovah Elohim; but each individual now is only procreated from Adam's flesh, and as being from conception the totally owned slave of the god of this world, has freedom of will only to the degree that he/she does not disobey the will of Satan. That is, excepting the one thing that displeases Satan and Sin as a master, and that is crying out to Yahovah Elohim for rescue.
Like Bulger, accomplished in his own profession, Depp is also just as bad in the eyes of The Divine, for he has willingly accepted and played to the hilt roles that no decent person would accept.
Yep
Whitey could have been a RAPPER
What a shame
I saw the movie. Whitey invested a lot of time trying to help the FBI and in the end they tried to frame him for crimes he knew nothing about. It was shocking. It could happen to anyone.
Aww, my heart bleeds.
Not.
You win!
excellent analysis there... you are spot on.
And yet there is Original Sin...
John 8:44
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him.
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