“It's interesting to me how we defang our nightmares -- by mocking them, but also by wearing their skins.”

—  Warren Ellis

in Freakangels.com http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3526&page=2#Item_14
Context: (On Timothy McVeigh references) In terms of DOKTOR SLEEPLESS (I don't remember much of TRANSMET), it's just a nod to how quickly we assimilate our monsters. How many years was it between Charlie Manson being the terror of California and Charlie Manson being an image on joke t-shirts? I have a shirt somewhere with a pic of his face and, underneath it, the words CHARLIE DON'T SURF. Hitler's a cartoon figure now. Eminem dressed up as bin Laden within a couple of years of 9/11. It's interesting to me how we defang our nightmares -- by mocking them, but also by wearing their skins.

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