Comments on: The Tiny Heart of Darkness http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/12/the-tiny-heart-of-darkness/ Ridiculous Pursuits, Solemn Matters Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:51:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Froog http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2008/12/the-tiny-heart-of-darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-9884 Froog Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:56:09 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=2411#comment-9884 You may have prompted me to write a post on <i>South Park</i> and Mr Cartman now (although these might more naturally find a home on Barstool Blues, where they have already been mentioned once or twice). I don't see young Eric as truly <i>evil</i>. Quotations like the one above are, I think, mostly a kind of self-mythologizing, an attempt to appear tough and sophisticated. He's embittered and supremely selfish, and a slave to the baser human instincts - but not out and out bad. He's a desperately lonely and insecure little boy, and it's hard not to feel sorry for him sometimes. His recurrent catchphrase <i>"Screw you guys! I'm going home." is often very poignant. You may have prompted me to write a post on South Park and Mr Cartman now (although these might more naturally find a home on Barstool Blues, where they have already been mentioned once or twice).

I don’t see young Eric as truly evil. Quotations like the one above are, I think, mostly a kind of self-mythologizing, an attempt to appear tough and sophisticated. He’s embittered and supremely selfish, and a slave to the baser human instincts – but not out and out bad.

He’s a desperately lonely and insecure little boy, and it’s hard not to feel sorry for him sometimes. His recurrent catchphrase “Screw you guys! I’m going home.” is often very poignant.

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