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The thing about retaliation/revenge


Bullying is horrible and should not be done. What these kids went through was absolutely horrifying. I was bullied when I was in school, and it was awful. But honestly, I never wanted to torture my bullies. Being picked on and called names for years on end is awful, but honestly torture is worse than name calling.

But the thing about retaliation/revenge is where does it end? I always hear this saying "The thing about an eye for an eye is that eventually everyone is blind." Let's say these victims got revenge on their bullies by torture. But then one of the jock's brother/sister gets revenge on the misfit kids by torturing or even killing one of them, the one of the misfit's cousins gets revenge on the jock's sister/brother, then the boyfriend/girlfriend of the jock's brother/sister gets revenge back on them...and the cycle goes on and on until every one in both families is dead. And trust me, just because those bullied kids got a little vengeance on them doesn't mean their lives are going to get better, because the kids knew who they were. So now they are going to go to jail, so their lives go from awful to even more awful in jail. So yes, this movie is about consequences--the consequences the bullies faced by the misfits and the consequences the misfits are going to have to suffer sooner or later.

Sorry this post was so long.


How silly of us, to think we could borrow a book from THE LIBRARY!!

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You basically described Italy. Or at least how it used to be - nonstop revenge killing. In some cultures that's acceptable.

Anyway, I don't see your point here. Obviously there are consequences to killing/torturing someone. In this case it was justified.

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