כמובן שיש אנשים רעים בכל האומות ובכל המגדרים אבל זה לא תירוץ
כדי להיות רעה גם כן, משום שעדיין יש גם אנשים טובים ולא רק אנשים רעים. לפעמים הלחימה במישהו רע יכולה לאלץ את הצד השני לעשות פעולות רעות מסוימות, אבל זה משהו שצריך להיבדק בכל מקרה ומקרה, הרס כפרים שלמים על ידי האמריקנים בוייטנאם הייתה שיטת לחימה נוקשה ודי אכזרית, אבל שיטה יעילה, להבדיל אונס של נשים גרמניות זה פשע מלחמה מיותר לחלוטין, ולא מדובר במשהו שאפילו קידם את מאמצי המלחמה, למעשה אם זה התרחש אז זה קרה בסיום המלחמה, כאשר הנשים היו חסרות אונים ללא הגנה של הגברים, אשר נהרגו או/ו נשבו, אם כי גורלם של הגברים אשר נהרגו במלחמה לא היה יותר טוב.
"Usually, not quite a villain, but they act antagonistically enough that they're little better. Something has happened to our Fallen Hero: his village was destroyed, his friends killed, his puppy roasted on an open spit, his bike stolen, whatever. All that matters is that It's Personal, and he feels that the law just isn't suitable enough (or has become too corrupt and ignorant) to be of any use to him in settling the matter. He may justify his actions by claiming that it's Justice he's after, not vengeance, but anyone with half a brain can easily see that he's out for revenge... unfortunately, we can also see that the more he hunts the cause of his woes, the more he takes on the villain's personality and mannerisms — something that our "hero" is too blinded by his single-minded goal to realize."
"He may have good intentions — the fiend may well be too dangerous to be kept alive — but ultimately, his obsession with meting out due punishment (or worse) and his refusal to think about what he's doing twists him into a monster just as bad as, or even worse than, the one he's hunting. And even before he gets to that point, it's nigh-impossible to turn him away; calling him out on it will be ignored or retaliated against. The Power of Friendship and The Power of Love were lost to him the moment the atrocity that sent him on his wild goose chase happened, and he feels that Team Spirit is just a hindrance; Heel realizations will be ignored. Don't expect him to make a Heroic Sacrifice or Heel-Face Turn anytime soon; if he dies in the process of bringing his nemesis down, it's usually with him crossing into Villainstown in his moment of glory."
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeWhoFightsMonsters
"One of the many ways your hometown can become a Doomed Hometown. A group of bandits, pirates, or even mooks working for a Big Bad cause trouble primarily by sacking the town - that is, looting, damaging property, and sometimes even murdering and kidnapping innocent townsfolk. Raping is optional(-ly shown), but the town is almost always burned down afterward. This gives an excellent opportunity for the bad guys to Kick the Dog. Rape, Pillage, and Burn is guaranteed to appear in any work involving Pirates or Horny Vikings. Sometimes appears, though not as frequently, in the Wild West or Medieval European Fantasy. This activity is a common pastime of The Horde."
"Truth in Television. This is generally a problem in areas without a strong government to keep order, even today. In many civilizations, it was not resolved until power, money, and land were consolidated under noblemen and kings rich enough to afford standing armies. It is also one reason why peasants in older times tolerated kings and nobles who were quite nasty, as the alternative was almost always constant chaos caused by dozens and dozens of rival warlords."
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapePillageAndBurn
