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...tried to force his way into the military man's Mexico City home. "Of course he did the right thing," wrote Felipe Alcocer in one on-line forum on the incident. "I wish everyone would act in the same way and get rid of this anti-social scum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Crime Mounts, Mexicans Turn to Vigilante Justice | 2/21/2009 | See Source »

...Free Fall to DestinyThe mayhem and torture wreaked here, by saint or scum, are so vivid and persistent that it's a wonder, and a puzzle, why The Dark Knight snagged a PG-13 rating. (Don't take your 9-year-old son unless you think he'd enjoy seeing a kid just like him tremble in fear while a gun is held to his head by a previously sympathetic character.) But kids would have trouble following the movie, let alone understanding it. For teens and adults, it's a strap-yourselves-in trip, handsome and assured as only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Batman Is Back — TIME Reviews The Dark Knight | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

...4chan is also very profane. A phrase from Star Wars comes to mind: It's a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Spammers don't even bother to spam 4chan; Google started searching it only six months ago. But it is the wellspring from which a lot of Internet culture, and hence popular culture, bubbles. In his way, moot is one of the most powerful people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Master Of Memes | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

...through completing the task of being actually alive. And spending any part of my remaining 52% on these repetitive thuggy tasks is starting to feel (is it possible?) like waste of time. Why should busywork be more compelling when demanded by a grotesque dramatis personae of human scum than when demanded by, say, my wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grand Theft Auto IV: The 20.06% Review | 5/3/2008 | See Source »

...negatives: they're seen as by some as bad parents, and they're famous for being bad parents. So, there's been a license to trash them. And it's cruel." In the documentary, the couple reveal the type of hate mail they've received. One writer called them "scum" and said their "drunken arrogance" was to blame for their missing "brat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Madeleine McCann, One Year Later | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

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