Thank you for the context. I may do that. A lot does depend on whether they drove down the street and saw men they assumed were stealing or whether they knew for a fact that they had just caught the local mafia red-handed.
On 2/9/09, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is a small clip from Gunner Palace, a documentary that was made in > 2004. Like every anti-war asshole they only put this small piece up to > piss off the other anti-war bleeding hearts. No surprise there though. > Watch the documentary and decide for yourselves what is and is not > 'right' or 'just'. > > > Jerry Johnson wrote: >> 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. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:287814 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
