There's not really a single robin hood canon, some versions of him are quite violent, others he avoids killing. All depends on who was telling the story and when.

kandoh@reddthat.com · 21 pts · 1y

He stole our hearts

Nougat@fedia.io · 19 pts · 1y (6 replies)

The earliest tales of Robin Hood had him brutally murdering people for kind of no reason.

blakenong@lemmings.world · 11 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Because they were rich.

Nougat@fedia.io · 6 pts · 1y (4 replies)

No it was more like "Dude's daughter rebuffed my marriage proposal, so I beheaded him."

blakenong@lemmings.world · 9 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Which book was that from?

Iapar@feddit.org · 27 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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tourist@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

mum used to read that to me before bed as a kid

blakenong@lemmings.world · 11 pts · 1y

Omg I laughed so hard I choked. Thank you.

NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

Luigi made a bigger impact :)

PortoPeople@lemm.ee · 58 pts · 1y

He's a hero.

MisterOwl@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Pfft. Robin Hood wishes.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Less Robin Hood. More John Brown.

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.

~ Charlestown, Virginia Dec 2, 1859

MisterOwl@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y

Fuckin John Brown. The hero we need.

InverseParallax@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y (1 reply)

And we still screwed it up and let the south keep slavery for 100 years just changing the name to Jim Crow.

And now they've finally won their civil war, segregation academies are coming back and everything .

bizzle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

We still have slavery today it's called "private prisons"

PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Hell yeah dude.

Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y

Robin Hood only took money from the rich. Luigi took life (allegedly), and scared the other rich folks enough to allow some life (healthcare) for the plebs for some short time.

HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 34 pts · 1y

Accurate. And we need a great deal more robin hoods

FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Why do they put him in that bullet proof vest? To protect him from the police? Haha

InverseParallax@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y

He needs to be assassinated, it's their only hope of maintaining terror.

If he gets through a trial the chances of a hung jury are pretty high, and that's proof the system isn't invincible.

bradorsomething@ttrpg.network · 18 pts · 1y

The elite should rightly be terrified, and the only outcome that protects them is to drop the illusion of equality and create “green zones” where they are safe, like in other third world countries.

shan23@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

The more they try and suppress him the more of a hero he appears

xc2215x@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y

There is no lie.

danny801@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y

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RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (3 replies)

It's a shame that the CEO is dead because he doesn't even get to know why he was murdered. He was just walking then dead. No time to think about what he did

electric_nan@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

More humane than decades on death row tbh.

WickedPissah@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y

Absolutely! He got an easy out fah crissakes!

TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

They've all internalized the rot. They think they do no wrong.

jordanlund@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I don't think whoever did that knows the first thing about Robin Hood...

Iapar@feddit.org · 10 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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jaybone@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

First rule of Robin Hood.