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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sorrow The Man Bear" data-source="post: 1893417" data-attributes="member: 25046"><p>I loved the movie in it's own right as a shoot 'em up flick, but at the end I found myself plauged wth the same moral dilemma. The answer I came to, was that yes, the Saints are right. I myself have embarked on a few bits of vigilante justice, although on a much, much, smaller and gentler scale (ie. beating up the school bully, doing one of my best friends a favour and rightously kicking the ass of the guys who jumped him, and on one occasion I halted a mugging). The Saints themselves are right upstanding and in their belief. Their actions end up seeming apalling to outside viewers, but from their perspective it was their only choice. I tend to believe in the grey tones of Right and Wrong. Their actions were wrong by societal standards, however they acted in the only conscionable way they could. To that end, I believe that anyone who adheres to their own code so strongly, must be right. Now, on the Good/Evil axis, their actions are Evil. Their end goals however, are Good. It's truly a toss up. In short, I believe they were Right in Action, but Evil in Deed, if only for that they live in a society where vigilanteism is unnaceptable.</p></blockquote><p></p>