I find it ironic that while we hate this so much in real life, we meanwhile glorify the Joker or Bane characters.
Our popular culture is so demented right now. It seemed so innocent in the 80s to laugh at villianuos characters...now it just seems so true to life. I don't find it entertaining or innocuous anymore.
I didn't wanted to say anything before, but when I was reading people's comments here and then saw Mr. Ecko's signature, in the corner of my eye for a split second my brain thought the sig was going to be a pic from the Marathon until I saw Bane turn around.