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Wednesday 24 March 2010

Bandits and outlaws






I think that last week’s lecture on bandits and outlaws was funny but also interesting. When someone says the word outlaw i think of words like crooks, gangsters, desperados or gunslingers. When someone says the word bandit or outlaw i think of people like about Robin Hood Bonnie, Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd and Jesse James.
In my opinion i don’t think that all outlaws are villains. Take Robin Hood for example he is known for
Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. From watching the film and the T.V program on BBC1 Robin Hood He was never portrayed as a villain but as a hero to the viewers.
On the other hand when someone says the world bandits i think dangerous, heartless criminals. For instance Bonnie and Clyde they did not care about the people that they killed.
Bonnie and Clyde were suspected of numerous killings and was wanted for murder, robbery, and state charges of kidnapping.
They met in Texas. Bonnie was 19 and married to and locked up murderer; Clyde was 21 and unmarried. I was so sucked they i read this. I thought to myself why would someone get married to a killer. Then i thought maybe she found this exciting or maybe she was alone and she had nobody to love her and crime was the only thing she thought she can turn to or maybe crime was the only think she was good at.
http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/clyde/clyde.htm.

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  2. Hey, i totally agree with you especially when you have mentioned that not "all outlaws are villains." I agree with you and the fact that Bonnie was 19 and married to and locked up murderer; Clyde was 21 and unmarried, i was damn shocked! The first thing in my mind omg how can anyone just marry a killer,i'd be dreading it lol!
    Some facts in life we just have to live with i guess lol.

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