I don't know that it is "monumentally more wrong". They took away the tools of his crime. Which probably prevented more crime.
I didnt see the video, but I can imagine that removing the ability to commit further thefts (which might be a bigger threat to rebuilding the society and infrastructure) is more important than the job loss of a single taxi driver. The only issue I have is policing by military. They are not trained for it, they don't have the temperament (or they would BE policemen) so don't expect them to excel at it. The capriciousness of teens with really BIG guns should be expected. I guess for me if the penalty is KNOWN, and applied evenhandedly (every taxi driver that steal lumber gets his car crushed), then caveat stealer. Or, in current vernacular, don't do the crime if you can't do the time. On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > I didn't re-write your post mate. Get off your high horse and stick by the > comments you wrote and the tone that you wrote them in. Don't say something > through inuendo then cave the second someone calls you on it with "waaa, > that's not what I said, you're misquoting me." > > Bottom line is stealing lumber is wrong. Crushing a guys car because of it > and destroying his capability to put food on his family's table is > monumentally MORE wrong. Wat-time, peace-time or hammer-time it's just > wrong. Full stop. > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ok, rephrase, you insinuated that car crushing is within the soldiers > > > rights because it was war-time. > > > > Nope. I said it was a complicated and difficult situation. I can > > appreciate that you'd like to turn my point into something else you > > can attack, but the words you are claiming to be mine are not - they > > are yours. > > > > > I don't prefer they ignore the crime. I prefer they don't flatten a > taxi > > > drivers car infront of him, after needlessly unloading their pistols > into > > > it, while laughing and video taping the whole thing. > > > > We are in agreement here. > > > > > It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see this isn't the act of > > liberators > > > trying to do what's best for the Iraqi people. > > > > Nor does it take a rocket scientist to read my post and rewrite it > > into something totally different. Clearly, you are not a rocket > > scientist... :) > > > > > Isn't that the position the military is supposed > > > to be filling over there? > > > > I am not a their military commander. I don't know what their mission > > was that day. > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287790 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
