Posted by Banky Fan at spider-tn041.proxy.aol.com on December 22, 1999 at 22:36:23:
In Reply to: Not Kev, but here you go... posted by Annie on December 22, 1999 at 14:55:46:
: : I have seen Dogma a few times now and I have also read all of Kevin's
: Daredevil's among a lot of other Daredevils. Daredevil is known as the Man
: without Fear. Now in Dogma, Loki says, when he is in the Mooby Board
: Meeting "do you know what makes a human being decent? Fear." To me, this
: is suggesting that Daredevil is not a decent man.
: When Daredevil is referred to as being "without fear", this seems to refer
: to any fear of physical danger, hence all the jumping off buildings, etc.
: If you have read the comics as you have said, then you should realize that
: Matt Murdock has plenty of fear in other senses. Otherwise, why did the
: possible supernatural nature of the baby in "Guardian Devil" freak him out
: badly enough to start him on the path to insanity. A guy like him doesn't
: decide to chuck a baby off the roof unless there's a fair amount of fear in
: there somewhere. He wanted badly to do the right thing for himself, his
: loved ones, and humanity, and feared making the wrong decision.
: That's at least part of the kind of fear that Loki refers to. The fear of
: hurting others, the fear of doing wrong because of possible repurcussions
: (in the temporal plane as well as the spiritual one), this is what makes
: people decent. When you stop caring who you hurt, as the Mooby execs had
: done, you lose your sense of decency. They had attained enough power in
: the world to make them feel spiritually bulletproof, never thinking or
: caring that God (or any divine agents) might take an interest. Remember,
: kids, it's nice to be important, but more important to be nice...
:
: : I guess I am looking into this way too much and I have way too much spare
: time.
: That's a distinct possibility, but hopefully I've given a satisfactory
: answer anyway. Now go play outside for awhil