The Boondock Saints dilemma

[WyattS14]

I’m in a mood and we need to talk

In the boondock saints, 2 brothers send themselves on a religious journey to destroy all evil by putting the power of judge and jury in their own hands, murdering mob members, murderers, and adulterers.

Throughout the movie there is a constant argument going on in the media about whether or not the general public agrees with the murders, and whether or not it’s right to put that power into ones own hands.

So here’s the dilemma.

Can one man have the power to judge good and bad, and is it justifiable to act upon this in a similar manner?

Imagine you live in a crime infested city and there’s news reports everywhere about three men killing crime lords, mobsters, drug pushers, etc day after day over and over again. Would you be scared or would you support it?

[RagingIke297]

Well, I lived near Cleveland for 15 years and now I live near Chicago. If someone was cleaning up those towns by getting rid of the trouble makers, I wouldn't stop them...

[2ndWhiteLine]

I wouldn't support vigilante justice if it meant people talked about Boondock Saints like it was a good movie.

[Vecna]

I wouldn't support vigilante justice if it meant people talked about Boondock Saints like it was a good movie.

Why don't you make like a tree, and get the fuck outta here?

[Tom Bombadil]

I’ve never liked 2WL more

[WyattS14]

The Boondock Saints isn’t a bad movie... right?

[Yigg]

Wrong fuckin' alley.

[WyattS14]

“Is it dead?”
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[2ndWhiteLine]

Boondock Saints is a lot like ultimate frisbee. Every college kid likes it until they graduate and realize that they just wasted the last four years of their lives playing Quidditch without broomsticks.