From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of lurkernomore20002000
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 7:08 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: She Shot Him 6 Times
--- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote:
> That's the way gangs work. They mete out "justice" swiftly and finally
> without messing with all that legal stuff. You, apparently, would like the
> whole society to function that way.
Rick, I believe gangs typically interact with other gangs. When they
encroach on traditional law abiding citizens they generally run into a lot
of organized resistance from police or other organized groups.
Take a look at what is happening in Mexico. There you have the gangs
encroaching into non gang, traditional life. The response from the
authorities is rising up to deal with the crisis. When the gangs were just
killing each other, the concern wasn't so great. There are many other
examples. Look at how the "west was won". Why did not outlaw gangs take
over? Because most citizens are law abiding, have strong sense of right and
wrong, and know what constitutes justice. And they are willing to enforce
that by consensus, and often that mens force. Isn't that what kept law and
order during this period.
I think it is a little lame to suggest that I am advocating gang type
revenge justice. I am just saying that you tread on me in such a way as to
deprive me of my rights, be prepared for forceful action.
Certainly there are many times when I would like to harm someone for
treating me in what I feel to be an unfair manner. And I recognize that I
must pursue it in a civil (court) manner.
I have a customer right now who owes my (our) company $600.00, and he won't
discuss it, and I would like to do something radical to show my anger and
frustration. But I recognize that I may just have to go after him in small
court.
What do you think.
You're points are well-taken. I suppose we have laws to offer a civil
alternative to venting our anger in ways our baser instincts might dictate.
I once knew a woman in the Indian Village area of downtown Detroit, a
wealthy neighborhood directly abutting a poor neighborhood. She said that
more than once, she'd wake up in the middle of the night to find a thief
rummaging through her belongings in her bedroom. She got a dog, but the guy
make friends with the dog when she was walking it in the park, so the next
time he broke in, the dog didn't react. It's hard for me to imagine shooting
anyone, but if I were her, I'd be tempted to have a gun under my pillow and
shoot the guy. Maybe I'd aim for the legs. That should send a pretty clear
message.
