It's a quote that could come from a war veteran or prisoner of war when asked to describe the horrors of their experience. An example of post traumatic stress syndrome, perhaps. War, however, has nothing to do with his particular quote. That quote is from a Florida inmate and he's referring to the kids in Robert Zemeckis' The Polar Express.
James Poulin, an inmate at the Brevard County Detention Center in Florida, filed a lawsuit complaining that he's being tortured by the people running the jail because he's forced to watch the same movies over and over again. The jail doesn't have cable so they play a limited selection of DVDs, which include Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down and The Polar Express, repeatedly.
Poulin was trying to get the jail, which had to drop regular TV when the digital switchover happened, to introduce more programming. It was an interesting case. Do convicted criminals deserve to watch television? And can it actually be torture hearing the same movies all the time?
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Yes, that is torture when you can't get away from it. Hope he gets a fat settlement. Weaponized ear worm.
ReplyDeleteHmmm. In the Navy, we watched the same movies so many times we could recite the dialogue while performing our regular duties. For example; Films like Blazing Saddles and Captain Ron were completely memorized. Barco Sin Vela II in Palatka.
ReplyDeleteHow about they have to watch films about all the harm they did to their victims. Victims always seem to be left out of the equation by the "justice" system.
ReplyDeleteDid Poulin offer to use some of his commissary money to purchase more DVDs? No, then suck it up, Buttercup.
ReplyDeleteIf only there were some way to avoid having to be in that jail in the first place!
ReplyDeleteIn jail, what to play 24/7 for inmates: Kate Smith "God Bless America" Lee Greenwood :God Bless the USA", Mr. Rogers theme "It's a beautiful day in the Neighborhood", Charlie Daniels "Devil went down to Georgia" Johnny Cash "Folsom prison song, Van Halen "Runnin with the devil" Kurt Cobain "Smells like teen spirit" play the over and over again very loudly.
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