ok, just asking here.... do we actually know they *were* thieves? That's what the soldiers said, right? Do they speak Arabic? Why do they think that? The men in question probably would not have argued if they weren't. Their behavior is "don't shoot me" submissive.
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > You keep claiming "disproportionate response". > > I don't know that I agree. > > One guy caught stealing the livelihood of the builder, and depriving the > person who will own the building from either shelter or a business (another > livelihood) loses his car, losing both _his_ livelihood as a taxi driver AND > as a theif. > > Seems balanced to me. > > (of course, bigger picture, i would have taken the guy's taxi and GIVEN it > to the owner of the wood, or taken the taxi and given it to a kid's shelter > to sell. No use destroying a valuable asset. But I still would have seized > it. I _hate_ thieves) > > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> So punishment fitting the crime is simplistic? And now that you've grown >> older you realize the benifit of excessive punishment? God help your kids >> if >> they ever get caught shoplifting. >> >> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > 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. >> > >> > What a wonderfully simplistic view of the world. I remember when I >> > use to look at the world that way in college. Those were the days... >> > >> > -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:287809 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
