Unless you're a recognized "loser," how can you find
salvation? The moral code of the lone wolf isn't much off
from that ancient Greek "goat song," the "tragodia" (or
tragedy.) The lone wolf sacrifices himself (i.e., his
personal pursuit of happiness) for his society by prowling
the mean streets. He reluctantly stands up to the gunfire,
puts himself in front of the bullet, for the greater good of
his society -- even if he shuns it and it looks down its
collective nose at him.
The mythology doesn't work unless he is a loser.
Frederick Zackel
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