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context: In this movie in particular I think it is less about feeling bad for the dude and more about hating Percy, the one not getting the sponge wet. >
  
  I mean... from a legal standpoint it's a cruel and unusual punishment and was done purposefully. Morally it's not the greatest to not care but .. I mean, I am not crying either. >
  
  I feel sympathy for him suffering like that, the whole point of the set up is to show that there's a difference between an ethical execution that serves justice and has to by carried out under the burden of duty and murder that satisfies a sadist's wish to see someone suffer. >
  
  Did you ever consider it has less to do with them thinking he didn’t deserve it and more to do with people not enjoying watching someone suffer so terribly? >
  
  Percy was a vile character, and Hutchison, who played him, is a creepy-ass dude, marrying a 16 y/o when he was 51. >
  
  Bad joke >
  
  His punishment was to die, so making sure you torture him and then die is fucked up >
  
  Exactly. Maybe he deserved it, but the whole point is, as a society, we are supposed to be better than that >
  
  Nah, it's not okay. We need to be better as a society. Hell, the whole fucking thing follows around an innocent man put to death.
  Lotta y'all need to find some empathy. >
  
  I have empathy for the innocent character and for the victims, never for a f#cking rapist. >
  
  Our justice system needs to be blind. >
  
  Not to those that are guilty. Otherwise it wouldn't bê blind, it would bê incompetent. >
  
  Torture is not justified in our justice system. >
  
  Still deserved. And let's not pretend every goverment system use certain tactics to extract information for public security. In paper, is not justified, but we all know in reality that's not how it works. >
  
  Purely within the context of the justice system it is not justified. We obviously disagree on this matter. Are we just going to go in circles? >
  
  Purely within the concept of justice as a whole, It was deserved. And yes. We should stop here. >
  
  Never thought I'd see someone so adamantly defend and promote torture in the justice system. For one, torture can never and will never be justice. Secondly, you could torture a million people you personally believe rightfully deserve it - but even just one innocent or falsely convicted person undergoes said torture, then all of it was evil and anyone who initially promoted it is also evil. (and with the track record of this happening frequently throughout our justice system it is all but inevitable it will happen)
  If you seriously support that sort of justice system, I have trouble seeing you as a good person. >
  
  I don't give the tiniest shit how you see me. Rapists are not human beings and should agonize for their actions. Maybe then with the knowladge of what kind of punishment awaits them they'd think twice before violating innocents for the simple sake of ephemeral pleasure. And I say this without a drop of remorse and if this makes me the bad guy in your eyes, I'll gladly call myself a villain. >
  
  I thought he was innocent and didn’t actually commit those crimes? >
  
  That was John Coffey, the big black guy. This is another character >
  
  Ohh gotcha my bad, yeah I’m not aware of anyone who feels sorry for Eduard lol >
  
  What?! How did I not know this?! >
  
  There's certainly complexity in this topic.  But torture is never justified.
  You have my upvote. >
  
  The green mile is the first experience I have ever had with empathy. It’s also the only time I’ve ever seen my stone cold dad cry. I don’t think I’ve met anyone who wasn’t heartbroken watching that movie so that may be a bit concerning that you don’t feel any empathy >
  
  The problem has nothing to do with the inmate but with the people watching. That’s not something you can unsee. It damages you. I don’t agree with Percy for having done that as far as the inmate goes but putting people in a position to watch something potentially traumatic does make him a bad guy. >
  
  Even the worst of us deserve compassion. >
  
  i don’t think this is unpopular >
  
  Agreed. I have no empathy for rapists. >
  
  I dont feel like this is unpopular. When people watch Green Mile they sympathize with John, I've never heard of anyone sympathizing with Ed before. >
  
  I think this is one of the issues with movies and tv. While entertainment people generally separate them from real life. Like seeing that in a movie setting you can detach it from reality. But when you see something that’s real then it’s a different story
  I always compare this to subs like r/fighting or something. Where we’re conditioned in action movies that people can just get knocked out and hit the floor. But then go to subs like that where you see actual fights, actual people getting their head stomped or smashing it on the ground and realize a person could actually be a vegetable from the hit or even dead
  I’m not saying you’re wrong in the context of the movie, but I do wonder if this were real life would you have the same sensibilities if you actually saw something like this. Then again Reddit is kind of fucked where people are fine with someone getting punched in the face for calling someone a booger >
  
  Most country don't have death penalty , even Cuba. >
  
  Others have said it... but the point is that his punishment was to die, and that's more than punishment enough. >
  
  Not the first time we've seen moral righteousness used to justify sadism. 
  How else can you guiltlessly enjoy causing people excruciating pain, or indulge your pleasure in watching agony?
  Congratulations you get to be a sadist and still sleep like an angel. 
  Nite nite. >
  
  DON'T SPOIL IT BRO