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Wait a minute. Robin Hood steals money from my pocket, forcing me to hurt the public, and they love him for it? That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas!
— Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves ‧ 1991
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker is indignant that a thief takes their money, supposedly forcing them to mistreat the public, yet is the one adored. Their petulant answer is to cancel every small kindness they can name, including gentler executions and Christmas itself. The outrage is self-serving and darkly comic.
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