03-23-2018, 07:04 PM
(03-23-2018, 06:15 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(03-23-2018, 01:40 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: You don't think they knew going in that they would face the consequences of their actions. I think so.Yes, I think they knew it going in and they were afraid being caught alive and they planned on committing suicide to prevent (spare themselves from the fear and the misery of answering) it from happening to them. Charles Manson was a living reminder of what an evil person sounds/looks/acts like and a living reminder of an evil presence within our society.
These shooters just want to commit suicide and take others with them.
Charles Manson's image is one of evil for the same reason that the images of Ted Bundy and Adolf Hitler are images of evil; they were unique enough in appearance that their monstrous deeds could easily be attributed to every aspect of their monstrous personalities. Their personal images are the least objectionable attributes -- something like "Goldstein" in Nineteen Eighty-Four, except that the existence of "Goldstein" is legendary.