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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
That said, I do think the name Rippers is in poor taste. Like Charlestown having a team called the Mansons, or Jefferson having the Dahmers.
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I think the difference is that Jack the Ripper has become romanticised in our current society, hence the dark'ish but still almost light-hearted Johnny Depp, Jack the Ripper movie a few years ago.
I do agree that in reality he's no better than the Mansons or Dahmers you mentioned, it is kind of silly he's viewed differently right now. Maybe its because it was well over 100 years ago, or because he was part of Victorian England, which is a heavily romanticised setting already. But whatever it is, I can see this not becoming too big of a deal. I still think its cool, though a little perverse.