Subject: Re: Why does black=evil? (was: Has anybody noticed the black & white From: owen@euclid.enet.dec.com (Steve Owen) Date: 1991-04-18, 10:53 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks In article , GIOVIN%POLLUX@ecs.umass.edu (Rocky Giovinazzo) writes... >> >>From: graffam@tdw206.ed.ray.com (Jim Graffam) >> >>Subject: Has anybody noticed the common "Black and White" Themes > > >> >>For some unknown reason, we have been brought up with the connection >> >>of Black to "Bad" and White to "Good". > >It is probably because of the fact that we cannot see things in the > >dark. i.e dark implies the unknown which implies fear => evil > > > >Rocky Giovinazzo I think Black/White, Bad/Good goes back to Biblical references. The darkness is often an analogy to evil. The Light is always in reference to that which is good and right. Also, the absence of light is darkness, but not visa versa. All the darkness in the world can't put out a light, but even a tiny light can dispel a world of darkness... Go into a huge dark place, pitch black. Like a large hockey arena. Light a match. That one match has the ability to remove all that darkness. Oh boy, I'm gettin' too deep here... time to stop the rambling.... **** /// ********************************************************************** /// Only AMIGA makes it possible! Steve Owen: owen@euclid.enet.dec.com \\\/// Amiga, Unix, Mac, IBM... all Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard MA \XX/ on one machine! *******************************************************************************
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