How messed up are Alex and his droogs...

So far I've finished Part I of a Clockwork Orange. One thing that stands out the most is the disrespect and cruelty Alex and his "droogs" have towards their elders. As I said in my last post, I grew up in a Korean household which swayed my opinion of such debauchery. Ever since I was young it was embedded in my head to address my elders (even someone who is only one year older) with respect and obedience. Reading about how Alex and his "droogs" beat old men and women without a conscience made me curious about elderly abuse in our society. After doing some research via Google, I found some interesting day. According to this website World Elderly Abuse Awareness day was on June 15th, 2007. It's pretty sad how there is a day dedicated to elderly abuse. Although the majority of elderly abuse comes from neglect, there is still a great number of physical and even sexual abuse towards elders. If you want to read some information about elderly abuse download this pdf. The pdf consists of statistical information about elderly abuse. It's pretty hard to imagine your grandparents or elders abused in elderly homes with over 1 million reports of elderly abuse (with the majority coming from retirement homes). Check it out if you are interested enough...

In other news, I really want to watch the movie version of a Clockwork Orange, but unfortunately I'm only only on part II. While researching about elderly abuse I found this picture from the movie related to the matter. You can just see the misery the man must be going through after being beat up by a bunch of malchicks.