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Am I a bad person for laughing at the wheelchair scene?


You know, when the SS takes that guy in a wheelchair and throws him off of the balcony. I know I shouldn't laugh, but I still did.

With all the luck you've had, why are your songs so sad?

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wow. i dont even know if you are actually HUMAN. how is it made "over-the-top"? what the hell? nazis did way worse during the holocaust; throwing people out of windows is only the tip of that massive iceberg.

and wait... IT'S NOT PROVEN!?

holy *beep* and i thought all the documentaries and autobiographies and interviews ive read and seen were REAL! oh damn... ive been left in the dark.

really, educate yourself. then talk.

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^^^^ Exactly............... He is not a bad person for laughing.

BTW........... I'm watching this movie right now.

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If you found that scene funny, there must be something wrong with you.

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You know, when the SS takes that guy in a wheelchair and throws him off of the balcony. I know I shouldn't laugh, but I still did.


I prefer Monty Python humor myself and cheesy drive-in movie laughs rather than blatant and helpless murder, but that's just me. Damn, this conscience of mine is heavy; you wanna carry it since you're kinda light-handed on it?

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Yes, this is a very , very sad movie ( and very good movie ) but I will admit...I laughed very hard at the wheelchair scene .

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Geez, some people overreact.

It's probably just schadenfreud, which is a (ironically) German word meaning "Shameful joy." It's taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others.

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Yes you are a bad person.

"Animals are beasts, but Men are Monsters..."

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I laughed at this. He smiles as he gets to the balcony.

The chair gets kicked and your thinking "huh, whats happening?", then you just see them moving him to the balcony.

You don't really expect that to happen. I think, because its not *real*, you find it funnier.

* yes, i know things like that happened, but to most people, its just a film to them.

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ha, the only thing funny about that scene, is knowing that so many people laughed and thought of themselves as bad people. Of course your a bad person if you laughed at this scene, because there is absolutely nothing funny about. While people sat there and cried, some heartless people out there were laughing. And you say "because it was not real", well it was a movie, but things like this and much worse things happened. I don't understand how you can laugh at a helpless man in a wheelchair getting murdered, by getting thrown of a balcony by another human being. If you laughed at this scene you should be ashamed of yourself, and you should take a little trip to the Holocaust museum in Washington DC.

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faceplant=mass lolage. jks, i'm pretty sure it's overexposure to clips with similar depiction of someone getting hurt followed by prerecorded laughter. I guess it's a conditioned response.

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i think its pretty awful to laugh at that.

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