Deliverance

I watched Deliverance last night, instead of studying for my Health Alterations exam.  I was taking a study break, and ended up watching the entire movie.  A couple of people had told me that it was worth watching, and I had watched parts of it on several different occasions.  When I turned on the TV it was right at the beginning.  The movie was very disturbing, in several ways.  How the heck can the three city men justify killing two people?  I agree that what the others did deserved punishment, but that was not up to them to be judge, jury and executioner on the spot.  The second guy they killed may not even have been the right guy, and he didn't even do anything wrong, except for harassing the two city guys in the woods, and allowing his friend to voilate the chubby guy.  It was interesting to see the thought processes of the city guys once they had committed the murder, how they all decided that burying the guy was the only option.  Then agreeing that they would all lie about the entire event.  I am left wondering how many others were assaulted in the forest by the "bad guys", but even so, punishment should be decided by a judge and jury.  If they had told the truth regarding the first guy, they probably would not have even been charged.  The chubby guy had proof that he was voilated, and the other guy had bruises and cuts to prove he was assaulted.  They also had a third guy as a witness to what happened.  Instead they came up with a alternate plan, which allowed another two people to be killed, and no bodies for the families to get closure.  Wow that was a different movie.  It really makes you think about how bad things can happen anytime, and how easily situations can get out of control.