The Hero Price

Hero's are great. We love 'em....and all want to be 'em. Or do we? Let's review some recent hero's in popular culture over the past few years.

One, Harry Potter....annoying but obvious.
Two Frodo Baggins, yawn.....
Three, Spiderman, Superman, Underdog, and other superhero-comicbook-movie knock offs.
Four, John Mclaine/Jason Borne...i wish.

What is so attractive about the good guy vs. the bad guy? Why is the good guy always the underdog when we as a society claim to all be 'good people? Whey do i keep using ' ' marks?

If we are hurt as children do we always expect to be a victim? Is it hard to trust humans if humans hurt or ignore? The list above shows us our options....we can as harry does...forgive, or as Frodo does, comit to change, all superheros provide a consistent deterrent. But my favorite is the last category. They just kick the shit out of the bad guy. No debate or discussion, you hurt me you get hurt.

This primal admiration is odd for someone like me, a social worker, to carry when i ought to be the first to forgive. Politically I'm against the death penalty. Personally......well, that is a slightly darker story.

see you in 30.