the relevant people involved who are acquaintances with Jason or Michael(the two prisoners) were also leading miserable life as well as them two, which surprises me a lot, especially their horrible childhood. perhaps i should not use the word "miserable" to describe them since i'm not supposed to judge them.
i see this point that same people get together. people from that circle- Jason or Michael's circle- are usually this type- have a lot of tattoos, had been in the prison for a while, and be in the risk of getting a shot.
well, i'm judging them again. is it understandable that the judgement above is the most natural reaction a young people who is growing up in a traditional and safe circumstances could ever make?
2. Michael is just a young man like me, like any of my friends. he is tall, active, and seems normal. is every murderer abnormal? i don't know. perhaps he is not the killer. the justice goes wrong sometimes, but not often. so, technically, Michael is more likely to be the right person to be sentenced to death. whatever, i don't know the truth.
let's suppose he's guilty. that's what scares me the most. someday, one of my acquaintances might turn out to be a criminal, a murderer, while he or she acts normal, just as the impression Michael Perry has left on me in the film. they play their part so goddamn well that i'm totally not able to discern before bad things happen.
Thus, the conclusion is, don't trust anyone coz the world is good at hiding it's cruel face. well, er, the contradiction is that your putting away your trust can't guarantee your security either. the most security way is to shut yourself in the door at home. going nowhere, have no contact with no body. now you are almost 100 percent safe from being hurt by others . actually this is the thoughts of one victim's elder sister.
apparently, it doesn't work .
the fact is that we have to continue our life and continue to make acquaintance with new people. i guess your fate will tell you if you are the unlucky one who is going to be shot to death by one of your acquaintances. lol
i used to against death penalty. because i think we don't have the right to take away anyone else's life, nor does the law, no matter how evil he is.
now i can't find my standpoint, no longer.
someone, killed three people for two stupid vehicles. i'd like to take his life away in order to guarantee my own security though what i'm doing is atrocity.
"When I talk to you, it does not necessarily mean that I have to like you, But I respect you, and you' re a human being, and I think human beings should not be executed. Simple as that."---a quote from this film.
in contrary, this film is leading me back to the way of supporting the death penalty. i'm not making a statement that im a supporter of death penalty now, honestly i don't know which side i'm at now. i' m just driven a little bit closer to the side of supporting death penalty by this film.
but why? i believe this is not the initial purpose of Herzog.
on the assumption that Michael Perry and Jason Burkett are murderers, and in combination of the communication between the film maker and the murderers, i regard them as very dangerous people. they did the crime and sat in front of the camera to talk as if they're innocent, which frightened me. i even feel that their existence will imperil my life in some way.
thanks to Herzog, his film makes me consider about death panelty even more.
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