All For a Good Cause?

I'm not sure what their "cause" truly was. Like Moreland said, his first thoughts were for himself. And I'm not sure any of the others had a clear perspective on their goal either.
Had they established early on that their main ambition was to protect and preserve a historically significant landmark and institution that hails as far back as the beginning of our nation, then perhaps their modus operandi would have been more geared to that honor, tradition and loyalty, rather than an act of insubordinate terrorism.

Do I agree that we should preserve historical landmarks rather than turning them into condominiums? Absolutely. Do i agree that it's a cause worth dying for? No.

Do I see Major Moreland as a sort of labor union leader? Not at all. I see him more like the leader of the Army of the 12 Monkeys.

Clue to the clueless, Major Moreland, A sit-in with guns, holding private property hostage, is called a terrorist act.



Freedom has a lot to do with tolerating the crap you don't like

Loyalty to a school is one thing. Taking up arms against the law is quite another. Like a line in the movie says: THE WRONG EXECUTION OF THE RIGHT IDEA.

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Intellect and Romance Triumph Over Brute Force and Cynicism

Within the first couple of days, he made his point. He had plenty of opportunities to call it off. When Col. Kirby showed up for the first time, he said that he would actually help them in their cause to keep their school. I'm sure he could have found plenty of sympathizers if he called it off right then and there.

Or when his father came to visit the campus, he could have called it off then, too. But that may have been the turning point for Hutton, at least as far as putting him over the edge and making him even more stubborn and entrenched.

At that point, it was no longer a "good cause" to save their school, but it was just Moreland having a hissy fit trying to get back at his father.