Jesse James and Debt Collectors

[MadHound]

31. Go do your own research,

The facts about Quatrill's raiders and Bloody Bill Anderson are out there in plenty. The stories about James and his gang are out there as well. Vance Randolph would be a good place to start. No links, you're just going to have *gasp* read a book, since all of this is old history in the state, and as such hasn't been digitized.

As far as recognizing someone's humanity, that's nice and all, but I prefer to celebrate the humanity of James' victims. Why couldn't he recognize that as well, instead of killing them in cold blood?

Frankly I think that your years of learning to understand James were wasted. You obviously don't have the complete picture of the man, or what he did. Instead you've chosen to focus on the romanticized version of his life, the gallant outlaw screwing it to the banks. Sorry, but that simply isn't reality, that's fantasy.