Aceplace57, what the fuck is wrong with you?

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

@aceplace57

I did think after my OP post, “oh crap what if they do something terrible while on the run?” It’s out of my hands. I hope they are caught quickly

I got a little too excited. Prison breaks from maximum security facilities are fascinating to me because they are so rare in modern times. The public feels the same way. Mythbusters even restaged the Alcatraz breakout to see if it was possible for the men to survive. This is fascinating material to many people.

I thought by clearly stating they are convicted murderers and expressing concern for public safety that people could focus on just the prison break. How much planning went into it and how rarely this happens. Hunting down the escaped men is a given. They got a six to seven hour head start. There are literally thousands and thousands of police on high alert and ready to get them. Very few escapees in modern times remain at large for long.

It just occurred to me the last criminals that got notoriety and fame were Bonnie & Clyde, Ma Barker’s gang etc. (both died in a hail of police gunfire) Maybe todays world will never create myths about their criminals.

Nope, You didn’t just say “I hope they’re caught quickly, but what a great prison break they did” You said specifically “you were rooting for them”.

Rooting for them to do what? Stay on the lam?

@aceplace57

A newer reference is The Shawshank Redemption. I should have mentioned that movie for the youngsters at the SDMB.

Same display of ingenuity and determination to beat the system. Stick it to the Man. Hard not to root for these guys.

DB Cooper may have died jumping from a plane that night, but theres never been any proof of it. He and the money vanished. He may be reading this post right now. He’ll be remembered for a long, long time…

It wasn’t in your OP, but it was worse- it was after you had time to reflect and look at the responses. You were rooting for them.