On Wednesday 18 August 2004 01:26 pm, Robin 'Roblimo' Miller wrote:
> >I started not to get back into this but the parasites tried to break into
> > my van yesterday and I am sorry but the longer I live the less I am
> > willing to put up with the human trash that floats around and tries to
> > make a easy time off of others.
>
> Here in real life, as opposed to video games, movies, and TV shows,
> someone you kill stays dead. If you shoot the wrong one, even the most
> hearfelt "I'm sorry" won't bring him back to life. I do not consider
> myself qualified to be instant judge and jury, and I say this as someone
> who was a legally-armed cab and limo driver in high-crime Baltimore but
> stopped carrying a gun after some personal reflection.
Plus the "shoot first, ask questions later" method isn't really effective.
Horse thieves used to be hanged if caught. It didn't cut down on horse
stealing enough to even notice. The only thing positive that came out of that
was that the ones that were caught never stole another horse.
Jeff
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