As I started watching this movie, I noticed that I first took sides with the students. I felt that they had the right to make their point but the government kept trying to shut them up. It felt a little frustrating to me and I wondered how a government can take those freedoms away from people. I'm not sure how it went in real life, and if the government was really trying to keep the students quiet, but I guess I can see how that forms terrorists. They start getting frustrated at not being heard and need to come up with different means to be heard.
I also noticed that throughout the film, I felt like I understood the RAF's position in why they would want to do what they did. However, I didn't agree with the way they did it and I know I could never do that. However, I do feel that if someone doesn't feel like they're being listened to and if they feel that what they say is important, they'll do something drastic to get their point across. This then can be spun out of control quickly. It was surprising to me at how quickly I felt like I agreed with the RAF point of view.
However, as things started getting more and more violent, I started feeling a little distressed. It was scary to me at how powerfully they felt that they needed to be listened to and the drastic means they went about being heard. They were ready to do anything, the more powerful the better. Usually, terrorists are portrayed as terrible people and crazy, insane people. However, this didn't seem to be the case. They seemed like perfectly normal people. This seemed good, however, because it's probably closer to the truth. Political terrorists like that probably aren't generally crazy people. They're just people that have a strong point of view and aren't being listened to. It's impossible to listen to every point of view, however it seems that they only do it to be heard. After viewing this film, I was left with this question: What can we do to prevent this?
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