Does anyone feel sorry for Bill Hayes after seeing the movie?
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bmodica — 17 years ago(October 12, 2008 05:03 AM)
Even when I saw the movie in 1978, I wasn't at all sorry for this idiot. He's breaking the law in a foreign country known for its harsh treatment. He got what he deserved. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
Billy the Kid -
novastar_6 — 17 years ago(October 25, 2008 11:38 PM)
At the time though WAS it known for doing what it did? I don't think so otherwise probably nobody would ever go there. Sure I feel sorry for him after seeing the movie, I really feel sorry for him after reading the factual book, and if there's one thing I know it's that I ain't EVER going to Turkey, even if I didn't do anything I wouldn't trust them not to try and arrest me anyway.
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ramsfan — 17 years ago(October 27, 2008 10:38 PM)
Mixed feelings about Billy Hayes. I think as a human being, one can't help but feel sympathy for the horrific conditions he had to endure- surely the punishment didn't fit the crime here, and he also suffered the indignity of having his sentence lengthened shortly before he was due to be released.
On the flip side, I have little tolerance for drug users, and it is typical American thinking that other countries should think as we do in terms of punishment for certain crimes. -
kellymariekitty — 10 years ago(February 15, 2016 06:45 AM)
I agree with that - even though he deserved it cos hes a smuggler - im never going to turkey ever!!! Not in a million years & I have never, nor would I ever break the law & do something like this - way to scary but Turkey as a holiday destination?? Errrr nope.
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bmodica — 15 years ago(July 27, 2010 01:51 PM)
Gee, DLY. How so very pithy. What's wrong with my assessment? He knew he was breaking the law, and he knew of the conditions of incarceration. Do I enjoy what happened to him? Of course not. But he did it to himself. No one forced him into smuggling. So, he got caught in a barbaric country, and paid the price those peoples felt was justified.
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bmodica — 15 years ago(July 27, 2010 03:17 PM)
I stand by my statement, DLY. He did it, he knew what he was doing, he went ahead and did it anyway. Should I feel sorry for a family man of 4 kids, who holds up a 7-11, and gets 15 years? Not at all.
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lem15 — 15 years ago(September 30, 2010 08:29 PM)
You're a real tough guy, Billy.
You'd be servicing every guy in your section of the Turkish prison if they locked you up for even one night for jaywalking. You'd hand over your own daughter if they looked at you sideways.
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lambiepie-2 — 17 years ago(November 10, 2008 11:35 PM)
I don't think you are to feel sorry for him about the crime he committed, you are to feel sorry for him as they way he (etc) were treated in jail and the backwards justice that was handed down to him and others.
He tried to smuggle Hash into to America back in the day. That is a crime in Turkey. (America too if he got caught on the other side, think about that?) He should have served time? Possibly. Point is, he didthen they tacked on 30 more yearsand, life? For what? Was it because they could? Because he was an American? Was justice fair to THIS man's crimes? That's the point. And it shed light to how others were being treated in the prision/court systems as well.
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mu00fck — 17 years ago(November 21, 2008 06:30 PM)
well are you talking about fictional billy hayes or the real billy hayes? the fictional one obviously went through a lot, but it is not the true experience of billy hayes
in his interview, he says that besides being locked up he did not have any problems at all in jail..
part1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHjLMnGkedU&feature=related
part2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JTRs8e-FRk&feature=related