To: weegee
America is the only country that glamorizes their outlaws and criminals. But, many of our outlaws were folk heros during the frontier era and during the depression.
8 posted on
09/27/2006 12:10:09 PM PDT by
Concho
(IRS--Americas real terrorist organization.)
To: Concho
"America is the only country that glamorizes their outlaws and criminals."
Two words: Robin Hood
9 posted on
09/27/2006 12:11:52 PM PDT by
toddlintown
(Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
To: Concho
"America is the only country that glamorizes their outlaws and criminals."
Don't know if this is entirely accurate. India, China and Russia come to mind.
The Japanese ronin were considered "mischievous" and hooligans, but in many Japanese 'westerns' were in fact glamorized.
11 posted on
09/27/2006 12:13:57 PM PDT by
Al Gator
(Refusing to "stoop to your enemy's level", gets you cut off at the knees.)
To: Concho
Italy had a whole sub-genre of crime films and Japan and Hong Kong films have also glorified organized crime since the 1960s.
As to real crime, the Krays were celebrity gangsters in England, Ronnie Biggs was the last train robber, but I don't know if there are other "famous" criminals (especially murderers but also robbers) in other countries. And infamous is famous if there are fan cults centered around the criminals.
12 posted on
09/27/2006 12:16:06 PM PDT by
weegee
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