I just wanted to hear other people's thoughts on this movie as I did get the jist of it. That being the corrupt youth who toil, trouble, and mischeif. Then are sent to be reformed. Ex: Prison, Mental Institution. They are returned to society & still have not <i>fullfilled their debt to society</i>. They are always remembered for their bad deeds and are hated by those they wronged. Now, murder and such is an unforgivable crime. Jail or no jail, I have to kick your ass one good time or kill you if it was a family member or dear friend. I'm sorry, that's the way I feel. A wrongful death for a rightful one. Basically, you take a life <i>purposely</i>, we take your life. People are surprised by people who kill one another. It's very quite simple, you see we are humans and as humans we carry certain <b>instincts</b> that we can never shed. One of these instincts is the instinct to kill. The day it is ridded from our bodies will be the day we are deemed unnatural. Having this instinct is what helped us survive before we domesticated ourselves. Now, that we can not hunt for ourselves (Food is mass produced by others) they have taken away our only outlet for our urge to kill or better yet feed to kill. Excluding hunting, sniper for military, jet fighter pilot and so on.
Though this doesn't make killing another, or anything living for that matter, anymore right but.....somewhat understandable.
I had a problem with a scene in the movie. Where the prison guard asks if he wears glasses or contact lenses. I looked at the back of the box and saw the copyright of 1971. "They had <i>contacts</i> back then?" But maybe they were reffering to a "monacle" (Thanks guys you know who you are.
) though if they were, they would have said so. Right?
And, what about those suits they wore at the beginning? Crotch Holsters? I mean, if they were an actual piece of clothing, please, enlighten me.