Deliverance is also the quintessential male bonding story. It wouldn't be made today but its about men having to rely on each other as well as on themselves to get through a situation that turns from a weekend adventure into a harrowing ordeal. Its key lesson that stays with one after the final reel runs out is to expect the unexpected. In life, things don't always go as planned or have a happy ever aftering ending. That's why its conservatives who are fond of it. There are things in life as liberals are slow to learn, that even government can't protect you from and then you have to fall back on yourself to survive.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus