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| Topic | Three teen burglars shot and killed by homeowner's son. |
| darkknight109 03/29/17 2:44:38 PM #76: | Golden Road posted... Either way, this isn't something to celebrate. It's not wrong that he shot them, but it's not like "yay, they totes deserved to die!" It's unfortunate, but who knows how it might have ended if this guy didn't shoot them. Pretty much my opinion verbatim. I'm not celebrating their deaths - I don't think any death should ever be celebrated, even those of criminals (and especially when those criminals were teenagers) - but I don't think the homeowner's son did anything wrong, nor do I think he should have done anything differently. Roxborough4Ever posted... anti trump posters want him to go to jail so badly Which ones? Most of the posters I see in this topic who usually sound off against Trump aren't objecting to what happened. adjl posted... If somebody dies as a consequence of criminal activity, all involved parties in that criminal activity are on the hook for those deaths, which are typically considered murder in such cases. You see similar charges laid if a pair tries robbing a store: if one of them is killed by the owner in self-defense, the other can be charged with their murder. Those other people are dead because she drove them there, thus she is responsible for their deaths. I don't like this aspect of what happened, because it's implying that someone who commits a lesser crime that goes wrong and results in the death of one of the criminals carries the same moral culpability and punishment (complete with taxpayer expense) as a planned out murder. A criminal who is a low-level, potentially non-violent offender is much easier to rehabilitate than a cold-blooded murderer and should be treated accordingly. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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