Villainy?

The other day, I was re-watching old Warehouse 13 episodes, including the one at the end of season 2 where Helena G. Wells is using that trident thing to try to set off the super-volcano under Yellowstone. At one point, she gives this speech about how she had herself bronzed so she could wake up to a better future, only to find out the world had gotten worse. That humanity is a cancer on the planet and Earth would be better off without us. She also asked, "What kind of a world is this for a child?"

You know, it's hard for me to think of her as a villain when she says things like that, especially since I find myself not only seeing her point, but rooting for her to end humanity.

Reclaim the swastika

The swastika (AKA fylfot cross, AKA sun cross) is an archetypal, universal human religious symbol. It appears on every continent and is as old as humankind. A marker of the sun’s travels, it can be seen on Pictish rock carvings, adorning ancient Greek pottery, and on ancient Norse weapons and implements. It was scratched onto cave walls in France seven thousand years ago. A swastika marks the beginning of many Buddhist scriptures, and is often incised on the soles of the feet of the Buddha in statuary. In the Jain religion, the swastika is a symbol of the seventh Jina (Saint), the Tirthankara Suparsva. To Native Americans, the swastika is a symbol of the sun, the four directions, and the four seasons. In Hinduism and Buddhism, it is a symbol of peace.