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Are "car towing employees", whether in Argentina or otherwise, REALLY "criminals"?

posted 2 years ago by TheMan18 (13015)
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As claimed by Ricardo Darin's character in that "Bombita" segment, and, if not legally and by law, then at least in "spirit"?

And if not, in either way, why was he compelled, in dead seriousness mind you and in the outright openness, to refer to them as that and why in turn, did neither of the (at least) two employees to whom he referred to as that, even slightly feel compelled to retort along the lines of "Excuse me? We are a legitimate and professional organization" and neither of them even felt frightened or upset (maybe, in Argentina or otherwise, people who work for VTA's have a "thick skin" and a strong mind or something?) when he called them that either.

But do you think this is just his very own humble and very flawed if not downright incorrect OPINION or did it have some truth to it as well?

And how come for all his talks of their criminality and whatnot it was actually HIM who ended up committing an actual legal crime at least at the end SPOILERS - by placing a bomb in his car at the parking area of that vehicle towing agency?

Thanks.

[–] TheMan18 (13015) 2 years ago

By the way, if someone referred to me in dead seriousness as a "criminal" while I'm doing my duties on a legitimate job I have, I would simply terminate the conversation with that person and call my superior to maybe have him escorted or let someone else deal with his issues, I wouldn't just leave it alone at that.

[–] TheMan18 (13015) 14 days ago

Also...

Although he may OR may NOT be "right" in his assumption or assertion towards those car towing employees that "those who work for criminals are also them"...

I wonder. Besides him maybe not being entirely in the right either or...

How can HE, for one, be "100% sure and certain" that in ALL of his life, Ricardo Darin's character himself has NEVER worked for anyone or any organization that may in actuality NOT have been 100% legitimate? And based off on THAT, does he REALLY have a right to openly make such statements even if he believes truly and dearly that what the car towing organization did and in fact constantly does is wrong, in a moral and, according to him, a "legal" sense?

I also wonder, even though its scripted that way and its a movie, but why did neither of the two employees of that company actually refuted that argument of his along his lines, and even so, did either of them particularly the first one at least thought that? And besides, his area of work, demolitionist engineer - never a negative bone in its body?

[–] TheMan18 (13015) 14 days ago

And I can MAYBE understand either of the employees not "refuting" such arguments if they for one either had something TO HIDE, or even ACTUALLY believed for example his words or were too (even before he started attacking the place with a fire extinguisher not to mention what happens later) afraid of him and probably didn't know what to really say in either moment, but at least one if not both of them to an extent actually believed they were doing a fully legitimate job and were in fact (unless I am missing something) tied to professional rules and laws set up country's state and police and more likely actually WERE legitimate even IF at least at times rather unpopular.

But why, besides a few words here and there and then silence, didn't either employee go FURTHER and state, "Well, sir..." among other things.

Or was that towing agency actually somehow CORRUPT and in the WRONG and set up in ways that are entirely or at least partially against the established laws and without proper legislation, although it wasn't really revealed to be as such at all. And were those employees not really fully professional then and not taught how to deal with potentially agitated customers?

Also, if either or both employees attempted to further refute Darin's arguments, would they have worked and even convince him to pay off the fine and just simply accept and learn rules about parking his vehicles even in areas that aren't properly painted? And if Darin say professionally complained to some other organization if he believed his vehicle was unfairly told or sued them in court or whatever, would he win or would they all tell him the exact same? Just wondering.