Did anyone pick up that despite the fact that they (Military) were sticking up for whoever was getting stolen from, they destroyed the stolen property anyway? How is that any better than stealing it in the first place?
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:287819 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
