Author Topic: Robin Hood? (Read 651 times)

poche · « **on:** October 09, 2012, 04:08:09 AM »

The historical hunt for the real life Robin Hood has turned up entire scrolls of possibilities. Candidates include a fugitive in Yorkshire by the name of Robert Hod, who went by Hobbehod as well as a Robert Hood of Wakefield. The list of suspects was complicated by the name "Robin Hood' eventually became synonymous with being an outlaw. His identity would later get murkier as the tale's authors wove more characters such as Prince John and Richard the Lionheart into the story.
What I would like to ask is "how do the people feel about this type of character? What is the morality of "robbing the rich to give to the poor?

Daegus · « **Reply #1 on:** October 09, 2012, 07:38:17 AM »

The story of Robin Hood is a truly great tale...

....If you're enamored with Satanic principles. Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor is NOT a moral cause. It is evil to steal anything from anyone, and theft is condemned as a mortal sin. It is against the 7th commandment.

If you really trusted in God, you would not see it appropriate to take from others that which you do not have. It flies in the face of giving up everything to follow God. Do not be fooled by this story and do not teach your children this perverse story --- unless you plan on teaching them how evil it is.

guitarplucker · « **Reply #2 on:** October 09, 2012, 08:14:04 AM »

True, and the same goes for those other miscreants who are romanticized, like Jesse James, Bonnie and Clyde, etc.

JohnGrey · « **Reply #3 on:** October 09, 2012, 10:30:09 AM »

Quote from: poche

The historical hunt for the real life Robin Hood has turned up entire scrolls of possibilities. Candidates include a fugitive in Yorkshire by the name of Robert Hod, who went by Hobbehod as well as a Robert Hood of Wakefield. The list of suspects was complicated by the name "Robin Hood' eventually became synonymous with being an outlaw. His identity would later get murkier as the tale's authors wove more characters such as Prince John and Richard the Lionheart into the story.
What I would like to ask is "how do the people feel about this type of character? What is the morality of "robbing the rich to give to the poor?

The character of Robin Hood, whether based in fact or entirely a creation, is the patron "saint" of them that want a day's wages for no work. People in Britain seem to think that secular egalitarianism or forcible communostatism is a recent invention, yet one of the great folk heroes essentially lives in a communed hamlet and redistributes wealth from the "rich" to the "poor".