Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-2059440-20160822192203/@comment-2059440-20160823140903

Love Robin wrote: I suppose an aspect to consider is if the individual performing a culturally-local job is "punch-clock"—meaning, do they do it because "meh, it's a living" and "somebody's gotta do it" or even "If *I* don't, someone else will, and maybe *to me*"—or do they truly LOVE it?—"Weee! I was born to do this!!"

Because no matter the time period, there are those who "find their 'true calling' " and can unleash the ugliness they'd otherwise have to keep under a veneer of civility.

I'm talking about "punch clock" - under no circumstances can we suggest people who enjoyed these acts weren't immoral.. slavers who abused their slaves for fun (such as most of the slavers in 12 Years a Slave (they were criminal and cruel, even by the time period) ).. it is more about characters that people may add simply because they are controversial by today's standards : like strict drill sergeants, strict teachers and other types who would be seen as "bullying jerks" by today's standards (maybe worse, since teachers and mentors in days of old used corporeal punishment and "dunce hats" - which if used today would be seen as inhumanly cruel).

Look at Miss Finster as an example, she was on this wiki because she used methods that were "dated" (and thus cruel to us) yet she was ultimately removed.. because she didn't go far enough to be considered a woman that delighted in misery (her older appearances did play on her being more openly "evil" but it was quickly changed as she became more dimensional as a character).