Funny for a Country of Pigs
You don't eat em.
shareStrictly written for the movie. If the real Billy Hayes said that in court, they would have probably ordered an execution for him!
shareYeah, when he said that I immediately thought, "Is insulting them really the best strategy?"
He'd already been sentenced to life imprisonment, but the judges in this court at least were sympathetic. Of course he was in despair, but no point to burning what few bridges he had.
You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.
Yes, it was a dangerous thing to do. The judges could have sent him to a tougher prison, put him in solitary confinement ... there are many ways things could have been made worse for him.
What's more, it really deflated his subsequent comments about justice. They could have been quite poignant otherwise but were kind of spoiled by the context they were in.