What 24's Jack Bauer Taught Me About Revenge

TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 05/12/2010 | Julie Arduini

[Patriot1259]

Monday night I watched with hands over half open eyes the torturous scene the character Jack Bauer inflicted on the villain of the episode. The bad guy was a Russian terrorist involved with the murder of Jack’s love interest and colleague, Renee Walker. If I had been watching the episode in a movie theater, I’m pretty sure it would have been Rated “R”. It was a gruesome and difficult scene.

During the climax of the scene, Jack needs a SD card that the terrorist swallowed. In what appeared to be a psychotic rage, the episode ends with a very dead terrorist and Jack holding the card. As this took place, the effect multiplied with the music backdrop, God downloaded something to my heart:

This is what unforgiveness looks like.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The thing which disappoints is that the moral seems to be leading up to a conclusion that we (American) are no better than the islamofascists.....a conclusion which I summarily reject.

Even if we summarily killed off all the islamofascists on the planet, we would STILL be better than they are. No worse fate than for radical Islam to dominate America...except maybe for Communism...oh, wait...

[ASOC]

Best
film
ever

Saw it twice in the theater

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

buy a box of friggin’ tampons

Tampons? Where did I see that recently? Oh, yes. On Top Gear. Bolivia episode. First half was hilarious. Second half was harrowing.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

BufordP look what you’ve gone and done - Sweet dreams 3D

[trooprally]

No video of Jack in his PJs for 3DJoy??

[Grampa Dave]

“He simply remarked he believed that was an opener to what Jack will do with Logan.”

Whatever Jack does will be appropriate for traitors who have served in high positions in this country.

[3D-JOY]

Thanks for the good wishes...it was a good night and dreams were X-rated excellent! LOL

[3D-JOY]

No problem...dreams and imagination took care of it all! LOL

[PapaBear3625]

There was once a comic called "Marshall Law". Great poster from that comic had Marshall Law with the wording

They say I should pray for my enemies.

I do.

I pray they all go to Hell!

[Axeslinger]

I always like the line from “Red Dawn”:
‘Boy, all that hate’s gonna burn you up.’

Slight smirk, “It keeps me warm.”

[SnakeDoctor]

If you like “Taken”, try “Man on Fire” with Denzel Washington.

SnakeDoc