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Behavior on purge night ? realistic or not ?

posted 8 years ago by standragos82
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So, it's an 'all crimes permitted night' and all people do is getting outside with masks and knives, behaving all crazy and weird...wtf ?

none of them rob banks, loot stores, steal cars, traffic drugs and so on.... no, instead they put Christmas lights on cars, wear masks, act stupid and die quickly.

i know that this is a dystopian future, so i must suspend disbelief but this behavior of people on purge night doesn't seem realistic at all in the conditions given by the movie.

[–] mcain1980 8 years ago

I imagine what you would more than likely see would be neighbors coming together to protect their homes and lives. I do suspect that there would be some oddballs out there, but I don't think it would be to that level.

[–] lionheart2189 8 years ago

poor people are broke for a reason it may seem logical to you but to them they would rather hurt people because their life is *beep*

[–] MarilynLuvsTigger 8 years ago

I guess most stores would prepare for the purge by having their big ticket items hidden away somewhere, but yeah, you'd think there would be more looting. I'd think robbery and looting would be the number one crimes.

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[–] harrison-47608 8 years ago

Lol, if there was a real life Purge night, human kind would nuke themselves off the planet sooner or later.

[–] Strazdamonas 8 years ago

Well most sane people will stay locked up and protected in thier homes. The crazies will do what the crazies do in the movies. they are crazies after all. The smart criminals like drug barons will be moving their stashes in armored vehicles but they will be pretty much ubntouchable and thus wont stay around for long.

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[–] joehult-492-127675 8 years ago

The Philippines have a sort of purge going on. Basically kill your neighbor, claim they were druggies, no one bats an eye. The way the movie purge starts is a bit of a mystery, but civilized societies will kill for fun when given a noble reason to do so, i.e. Kill drug traffickers, criminals, political opposition, etc.

[–] sarasama 8 years ago

From what I can see the purge has been going on for nearly 20 years? At first there might of just been stealing/robbing etc but as the years go by and new generations come into play, things are going to escalate. Imagine living through that night for that amount of time. It would be sure to screw your head up.

[–] Grizzly101 8 years ago

Yeah it wasn't realistic AT ALL. Entertaining, but not at all realistic.

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