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Feb. 21st, 2005 05:17 pmLast night's television provided two excellent lines of dialogue in otherwise lacklustre presentations, both from Boston Legal.
1. "If you are out there murdering people, on some level you must want to be Christian." stated by Alan shore's secretary Betty White to Bernard, a serial killer who professes to be Jewish and she is attempting to steer towards God.
2. "Let's face it, as long as the person being tortured is the or a potential bad guy, we're fine with it." Alan Shore to the jury while defending a cop who'd tortured a suspect into revealing the whereabouts of a missing child.
Both made me think and ponder. Is it part of the human condition - that we excuse hurting people we don't like or hate? ( Read more... )
1. "If you are out there murdering people, on some level you must want to be Christian." stated by Alan shore's secretary Betty White to Bernard, a serial killer who professes to be Jewish and she is attempting to steer towards God.
2. "Let's face it, as long as the person being tortured is the or a potential bad guy, we're fine with it." Alan Shore to the jury while defending a cop who'd tortured a suspect into revealing the whereabouts of a missing child.
Both made me think and ponder. Is it part of the human condition - that we excuse hurting people we don't like or hate? ( Read more... )