Talk:Volume 5 Blake Character Short/@comment-27144409-20170904215813/@comment-25936766-20170904232720

@Grey: Not going to call that a "real example". Not until GMK finally grows some balls and does the right thing, to SHOW it instead of TELLING it.

We don't need more people mentioning it. We need to see it for ourselves. Because many times, people dramatize things as if they were Hell-on-Earth, yet the reality (even if still bad) is nowhere close.

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@Chish: Not real sadism, but it's something that can get close if taken too far: Catharsis Via Violence, combined with "Justice".

For most people, beating up someone that seriously pisses them off can feel pretty euphoric, and for most people, even if they know that what they're doing is "wrong", regrets are minimal afterwards.

At the same time, if the victim was doing something "wrong", then "giving them what they deserved" can turn any potential regret into relief and joy. Everyone loves seeing the bad guys get what they deserve, after all.

.......But then it escalates. One gives people "Justice" time and time again, and likes every inch of it all. And as one continues, the lines begin to blur. In the end, "Justice" stops being the Cause and simply becomes an Excuse.

Kinda like with Adam.

....Now, of course, let's note her expression when she said how the girls were scared of her after she broke their teeth.