The Barefoot Bandit: A Hero?

[cyrus buelton]

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38201551/ns/today-today_people/


71,000 Facebook fans for a fugitive?


Wow, the youth of America love to idolize criminals..........weep for the future.

[DucMouse the Mighty]

and these people will be running the country when we are old 

thats just a scary thought

[JEFF_H]

people have always idolized outlaws...

Jesse James (the good one, not the current douch)
John Dillinger
Robin Hood
Jesus 

[avizpls]

^ case in point.

Jesse James murderer is a cool cat. Jesse James....wait im not even sure what he did other than build some bikes and revolutionize that industry.

[sbrguy]

don't forget all the tshirts people are wearing of

che
manson
mao
hitler
"don't taze me bro" guy

I'm waiting for people to wear the Van Der Sloot tshirts/bumper stickers anyday now.

every generation goes through their idolization of criminals since they can live vicariously through their actions without actually doing any of the criminal's actions.

[swampduc]

people have always idolized outlaws...

Jesse James (the good one, not the current douch)
John Dillinger
Robin Hood
Jesus 

+1. It's nothing new.

[cyrus buelton]

Weren't those criminals idolized AFTER their life and by generations after?

Manson.......alright yeah, he does have fans in some make the beast with two backsed up way, but weren't the others only popular after they were caught and eventually died?



I thought Robin Hood was more of British Folklore than a real person?

[swampduc]

Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, James, etc were idolized during their lifetimes as being people who "stood up to the man." complete bs, of course, but they were idolized nonetheless.

[RAT900]

^ case in point.

Jesse James murderer is a cool cat. Jesse James....wait im not even sure what he did other than build some bikes and revolutionize that industry.

the biker one's notable achievement aside from building silly looking pavement-scrapers was boinking some nazi-looking whip chick on the side when he was married to Sandra Bullock...

guess ole Sandra wasn't twisting his missile in the manner to which he was accustomed

[RAT900]

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38201551/ns/today-today_people/


71,000 Facebook fans for a fugitive?


Wow, the youth of America love to idolize criminals..........weep for the future.

hey how about "Growing Up Gotti"

[cyrus buelton]

hey how about "Growing Up Gotti"

Good god that show is awful. Watched it once.

The only thing it inspired me to do is never live in New Jersey, but did give me an idea for a sweet new haircut 

[avizpls]

the biker one's notable achievement aside from building silly looking pavement-scrapers was boinking some nazi-looking whip chick on the side when he was married to Sandra Bullock...

guess ole Sandra wasn't twisting his missile in the manner to which he was accustomed

And this is an offense greater than the violence, robbery, etc of real jesse james?

[KnightofNi]

Good god that show is awful. Watched it once.

The only thing it inspired me to do is never live in New Jersey, but did give me an idea for a sweet new haircut 

but they are in long island...

[RAT900]

And this is an offense greater than the violence, robbery, etc of real jesse james?

umm yes his bikes are that offensive...

as for Bullock I can't really say

[Popeye the Sailor]

As opposed to the other current heroes, like sports stars and celebrities?