Talk:Amon/@comment-69.105.108.43-20120610024019/@comment-5182852-20120610032414

Amon is making more of political statement than anything else. By keeping the former benders behind bars, he is creating an atmosphere of fear. Remember that the prisoners were former Metalbending police officers and as a result, they were elite benders. Now he has taken their bending and their freedom. It creates fear and people are easier to manipulate when fearful.

It is also probably to avoid the prisoners from revealing any information as to the location of the Equalists (although Lin Beifong ultimately found it.)

As for taking over the city, that is the idea. Amon is starting a revolution and the idea is to spread the message. Amon has elected to do it by any means necessary. He has this message: bending is an unfair advantage and an impurity used for evil. He is trying to remove it and change the city. Revolutionists tend to do radical things for the sake of change and promoting a message.