We are fascinated by rogues, from Chaucer's Pardoner to Del Boy. 9 We are bad at risk-assessment, and repeated surveys show that we fear crime far more than is justified.
Out in the American west, fans of the " Outlaw" are not " Billy the Kidding" when they take a " Wild Bunch" of trips watching the " Sundance" on the snow.
The second generation, the inheritors, the trust-fund brats, so embarrassed by their parents who are so old-fashioned, so parochial, and all they care about is church and business, business and church.
You know, " Take care of my daughter, man! Take care of her! " Nothing can prepare a father for the day that he stands here as the father of the bride.