(This is an old entry first written in December 2008.)
I was chatting with Jasper last night. We went from the movies Hellboy II to Hellboy I to the villian Rasputin in the movie and the real guy in history. We got onto Wikipedia and I read him the entry to the guy who just would not die.
For some reason we also got to the Malaysian mythical monster the Manananggal/Penanggalan, which our maid confirmed having heard the folklore. We had a good laugh at it flying around with its guts hanging out and getting caught by barkwire on walls. The whole point, I explained to Jasper, is that these “things”, no matter how horrible they might be, always have an Achille’s Heel. Or, in the case of Rasputin, would go down if you hit him hard enough, and long enough.
3 responses so far ↓
1 James // Jun 9, 2009 at 5:52 am
There are more and sometimes better or easier ways to bring a guy down than just hitting/beating him. One of them is to rub him in the right way but take him to a point so high up he would just expose his evil self without ever even realizing your true intentions; a tactic which our friend GDM uses a lot.
Besides, hitting or beating creates even more conflicts, which could bring up supporters for the opposition hence more difficulties, a tactic much like your beloved ones used in the past oh…. 60 years…
2 tin_the_fatty // Jun 9, 2009 at 11:29 am
The discussion was more about fear of the unknown than about resolving conflicts.
Those who tried to killed Rasputin wanted him dead. Rubbing him the right way was irrelevant.
3 James // Jun 10, 2009 at 3:03 am
conflict is the cause of all fear,