Plot holes disguise a criticism of ?who?

Rating: 1/10 (6 September 2009)

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So no-one can go into the woods. The 'elders' obviously can, but they have to sneak in to make sure no-one sees them. So where does all the wood come from? Also the blacksmith uses iron with no mine, The clothes are cotton with no cotton fields, and there does not appear to be sufficient cropland to feed the village. If this was it real 19th century village it would trade with other villages. So there MUST be regular deliveries of supplies to the village to keep it alive. So they CHOSE to let their children DIE and have childhood diseases rather than include antibiotics in their delivery runs. If they do not have delivery runs then they have a HUGE stockpile hidden somewhere which none of the children have found (or noticed). And why aren't some of the 'elders' injured. 18 year old boys KNOW they are immortal and at least ONE of them would have attacked 'those who we do not speak of' with a pitchfork.
Now ignoring all these holes (and many more stated in other posts), one of the points seems to be about using fear to control people. Many posters have taken this to represent their own country saying that the government creates fear to keep their people in line. Well I say bullshit. The fear in 'The Village' is unverifiable. That is, the children need to trust their elders about the danger and are not allowed to test it or fight it. In the real world the citizens are free to leave their country and check out the governments word. To see if their really is something to fear. They are also free to join a military and FIGHT the objects of fear. There is though a real-world group that uses fear to control their people. Does not allow their people to question or investigate the objects of fear. And relies on complete trust. I am speaking of religion. If 'The Village' is a parable, then it is about the evils of organized religion.