Category:Karma Houdini: Difference between revisions
imported>Rangerkid51 I added it back. Epstein definitely qualifies as a karma houdini. |
imported>Robbtff Whatevs, but let me tell you, there is no way he killed himself. If quietly being killed counts as KH, I guess so but there is no way it was a suicide in all honesty. |
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{{Quote|The greatest tragedy of all was that this [[Joseph Stalin|butcher of innocents]] would never be called to account for his crimes.|A classic Karma Houdini}}A "'''Karma Houdini'''" is someone who isn't adequately punished for their villainous actions, and escapes justice by "pulling a Houdini" (disappearing) from karma. Many [[:Category:Scapegoat|scapegoats]] have eventually become karma houdinis, due to how much they suffer which eventually covers up their actions in the future. | {{Quote|The greatest tragedy of all was that this [[Joseph Stalin|butcher of innocents]] would never be called to account for his crimes.|A classic Karma Houdini}}A "'''Karma Houdini'''" is someone who isn't adequately punished for their villainous actions, and escapes justice by "pulling a Houdini" (disappearing) from karma. Many [[:Category:Scapegoat|scapegoats]] have eventually become karma houdinis, due to how much they suffer which eventually covers up their actions in the future. | ||
A Karma Houdini, in this context, | A Karma Houdini, in this context, can have one of the following scenarios to qualify: | ||
*the villain simply died; in a ruler's case, while still in power. Examples include [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Mao Zedong]], [[Kim Il-sung]], [[Kim Jong-il]], [[Francisco Franco]], [[Fidel Castro]], [[Leopold II of Belgium]], [[Emperor Hirohito]], [[Vladimir Lenin]], and [[Josip Broz Tito]]. | *the villain simply died; in a ruler's case, while still in power. Examples include [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Mao Zedong]], [[Kim Il-sung]], [[Kim Jong-il]], [[Francisco Franco]], [[Fidel Castro]], [[Leopold II of Belgium]], [[Emperor Hirohito]], [[Vladimir Lenin]], and [[Josip Broz Tito]]. | ||
*the villain was deposed or put in a vulnerable position, but he/she escaped prosecution. Examples include [[Idi Amin]], [[Josef Mengele]], [[Augusto Pinochet]], [[Omar al-Bashir]], [[Robert Mugabe]], [[Richard Nixon]], and [[Pol Pot]]. | *the villain was deposed or put in a vulnerable position, but he/she escaped prosecution. Examples include [[Idi Amin]], [[Josef Mengele]], [[Augusto Pinochet]], [[Omar al-Bashir]], [[Robert Mugabe]], [[Richard Nixon]], and [[Pol Pot]]. | ||