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Originally Posted by HarryT
It did sound a little as though you were advocating "vigilante-ism", and I'm sure that none of us would like to see that, even those of us who do feel passionately about it. I'm sure that you didn't mean to give that impression.
It's like the case I saw reported on the BBC News recently from your home state, Texas, where someone had gone out of his house with a shotgun and murdered, in cold blood, two men who had broken into his neighbour's house. Yes, we'd all accept that burglary is a crime, but it certainly isn't one for which the death sentence is appropriate, and there's never any justification for someone to take the law into their own hands. The appalling thing in this particular case is that the man who committed these murders had not even been arrested. I was absolutely horrified to hear that  . |
I suppose I was a bit riled when I wrote "hurt" but I truly meant meant was "appropriately punished" as any civil society should do to those who harm others. As to the incident you cite that recently occurred in Houston, I can only say that I frequently find things that go on here to be stunningly bizarre and sad. There has been a law here for many years that allows a homeowner in Texas to use deadly force to protect both people and property if the incident occurs after dark. This struck me as something quite archaic and I was glad to see it reconsidered recently. Unfortunately, the law was "strengthened" to allow such deadly force during the daytime, too. I hope civilization appears here soon. Time to bury myself in a good book.
