(June 23, 2012 at 2:38 am)padraic Wrote: There was this thread about a man in Texas who caught a scumbag raping his 5 year old daughter and beat said scumbag to death. Authorities have declined to charge father.
My responseQuote:Am I glad the scumbag is dead?No,even a little bit; the world is better off without him
A person replied to my comment:
Quote:Such attitudes like this make me ill to be a human. All life has a value to it, and that is why murderers have protection and why the death penalty is wrong. I may not approve what the man did, in fact it disgusts me, but by no means do I judge the man and say the world is a better place. He may have needed intense psychological therapy and counselling.
My utterly rational response was:
Quote:What can I say? Shove your phoney bleeding heart liberalism up you arse
Was I perhaps a bit too terse?
The full article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18522383
While I feel no sympathy for this molester or any, there IS a real danger in emotional reactions and taking the law into your own hands. NOT THIS GUY AND NOT ONE CASE.
Here is the problem with what dad did. It wasn't that he stopped it, or even assaulted the guy. Fine, understandable. I would have done the same.
BUT because the guy died and was not put on trial, AND would have been dealt with in prison, prisoners DONT like child molesters.
The problem with humans is that the can and do lie, not this dad per say, but humans can and do lie. So with "he said she said" cases it could make it easy for someone in the future, for the mere fact they don't like you murder you and say "he molested my kid".
Now to say that never happens is utter bullshit. 13 adults from a day care center were arrested back in the 80s. 5 of them spent time in prison. Why? Because of an over zealous society, untrained police, and over zealous prosicutors that scared the kids into lying on the stand. They were put in jail AND were innocent.
It simply would have been better for dad, to throw enough punches to stop him, hand him over to the cops, let the courts take care of him, and after convicted, let the prisoners deal with him.
THE POINT BEING it is a bad idea to foster a climate in a society of "vigilante" and "get even".
It is ok to have an emotional reaction to a crime, but it is not a good idea LONG TERM for that society to presume guilt.
So DON'T make this about this guy and this case. Think long term for your own rights if YOU get falsely accused OF ANYTHING.
That is not a "liberal" view. The founders demanded that a record be made "WARRANT" based on "Probable cause". In other words the government cant simply do anything they want to you just because they don't like you.
