Author: Meltdown (---.csw.com)
Date: 07-23-2001 09:45
Ok Webster's defines Horror as the following:
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English horrour, from Middle French horror, from Latin, action of bristling, from horrEre to bristle, shiver; akin to Sanskrit harsate he is excited
Date: 14th century
1 a : painful and intense fear, dread, or dismay <astonishment giving place to horror on the faces of the people about me -- H. G. Wells> b : intense aversion or repugnance
2 a : the quality of inspiring horror : repulsive, horrible, or dismal quality or character <contemplating the horror of their lives -- Liam O'Flaherty> b : something that inspires horror
3 plural : a state of extreme depression or apprehension
So wouldn't that make horror a purely objective stance? I find next to nothing repulsive, dismal quality, nor causing fear, dread or dismay. Serial killers, pediophiles and the like are simply very confused people who deserve to be put out of their misery. I look at everything in terms of facts, not much in terms of emotions (except in the case of something that raises my anger which is not fear, dread, or dismay). So wouldn't it be correct in assuming that horror does not exist for me?
-Meltdown
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