Would like to pose a question about Lost. How?

Question

OK, if this Dharma is such a benevolent group, why all the guns? Why havent they figured out why there is so much food when there is supposed to be only a couple three people manning the hatch?

Answer 1

Dharma is a controversial and conspiratorial group, putting on a benevolent face toward the public but performing twisted, sadistic experiments -- say, s******g with people stranded on an island -- on the side. And, all that food was there supposedly to support those couple of people for decades.

Answer 2

Actually it looks like there is supposed to be more than just three manning the hatch. Just the ones from the plane crash decided on three. The excess in food suggests that they are going to be there for a long time. That is not what needs to be figured out. They need to figure out that if they go opposite the compass' reading of north, they could actually get away, on the boat, from the island.

The guns are for the gigantic polar bears. Have you been watching from the beginning????