Nothing against the homeless. Don’t know how you could confuse me there. I’m talking about voilent, cold-hearted hate-freaks that live among us and do horrible, :dubious: horrible things to us (good folks) and those we love. Home or no home has nothing to do with it.
The greatest gift God gave us is our common sense, I think. So I can’t see why He would mind us looking out for ourselves and our children if we see fit to expedite a few bastards to meet with Him. Why should we foot the bill?
not to get all religious (since I’m certainly not) but the christian god expressly reserves the right to judge and mete out vengeance to himself and nobody else :\
that being said, when it comes right down to it, if it’s you or him that’s gotta go, I think we all know the answer… it’s ain’t me going down.
Society at large is ‘held hostage’ by these people? No, I’d say that cases like this are thankfully few, but modern mass media lets everyone know of every grisly incident that much easier. And I consider it pretty cheeky to blame violent crime on wet liberals who aren’t harsh enough in punishment. Was there no murder or rape before those damned soppy sociologists came along? The conservative assumption that a harsher prison regime will solve everything is also flawed, as without some attempt at rehabilitation, criminals will almost ineviatbly go on to reoffend. That’s not to say that some violent offenders shouldn’t be banged up in secure mental institutions for the rest of their days.
I would find it very sad that the incident had cost her her faith in humanity. And it would be quite understandable given the trauma she suffered - but I don’t see why that should encourage people ostensibly on her side to fantasise about violent retribution
Now who’s being ‘milk ‘n’ cookies’? You want a criminal chained in the middle of my living room with colour TV, PS2 and central heating? To reverse the situation, why don’t people who think like you guys want to have electric chairs installed in your living rooms? (maybe you do - don’t answer that…)
It is more noble to want to lead by non-violent example, and reject eye-for-an-eye retribution. So-called ‘common sense’ is often nothing more than animalistic gut reaction, which will inevitably prefer straightforward vengeance. Thank goodness there are some people capable of ‘uncommon’ sense…
How can I respond to you the way I’d like to when you, in an earlier post I’d written, were so generous with your time and help? It’s not fair. :smack:
