Careful, you're going to tread dangerous territory! Let's say we have a model cop on our hands. Real stand up guy! Does everything by the books, never gets yelled at by his chief, awarded a medal for valor or something equally dumb. But... a guy in that position can still enjoy it, you know?
[ He giggles his weird 'upupupu' giggle, both paws to his mouth. ]
He can still get his rush pointing a gun at someone. He can still get excited at a crime scene. He can even feel an adrenal thrill punting a bad guy into their cell! No one's gonna yell at him for it, he's a hero. All he's gotta do is never admit it when someone asks him if it's fun.
Even if it's violence for a good reason, it's still violence, yannow. And even with your first thing-- people trying to help the hurt, who's to say they're not drawn to it for their own reasons, too? Despair has a pull! You can call that pull 'pity' all you want, but that's as black and white as my fur!
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[ He giggles his weird 'upupupu' giggle, both paws to his mouth. ]
He can still get his rush pointing a gun at someone. He can still get excited at a crime scene. He can even feel an adrenal thrill punting a bad guy into their cell! No one's gonna yell at him for it, he's a hero. All he's gotta do is never admit it when someone asks him if it's fun.
Even if it's violence for a good reason, it's still violence, yannow. And even with your first thing-- people trying to help the hurt, who's to say they're not drawn to it for their own reasons, too? Despair has a pull! You can call that pull 'pity' all you want, but that's as black and white as my fur!