Posted on 12/03/2006 7:54:15 AM PST by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
Guess you didn't read this part or chose to ignore it and simply make a lame joke about it... I can do that too... Here is your bumper sticker ... "Turn the other cheek, give a rapist double time"...
HERE IS WHAT I SAID.... :""We are not to do this vigilante style, but give place to wrath (let the government authorities do it)... but Jesus was not one bit callous about the death penalty""
I admit what the angry driver did was wrong, in more aspects than one... first he did more than an eye for an eye, second he took authority into his own hands (beyond being allowed to do a citizen's arrest)... but I truely took offense at your attempts to downplay the teen's acts as insignificant. As I pointed out, I was nearly killed by such an act one night after an Auburn/Alabama game. I had my truck painted up and one overpass( no off ramp) had a banner hanging on it. I was pelted with an egg (sure more were thrown) and it cracked my windshild in a thousand pieces, I could not see basically from the center area especially.
It is not wrong to want justice, but yes it was wrong to shoot this kid dead over something that did not cause the death of the car occupants. If the kid did cause the death of someone in that car, yes I firmly believe he deserved the death penality. Maybe he was only 14, but killing a baby in a car seat or an adult makes no difference either. He knew right from wrong and no amount of age arguement will change that.
Would I be considered a bigot if I asked if the SUV had "spinners" and other such "bling"?
Just hypothesizing here, but it does seem like the driver was not a fine upstanding member of society, if you know what I mean. Where I work, we have a REAL problem with these drug dealer goons coming down from Columbus - drive by shootings, etc. I hope they catch who did it & he gets the proper punishment.
Still though, I would never have done something like those boys did when I was younger, (A) because my parents made a point to teach me early on not to trespass or vandalise other people's property and (B) because my parents would not have let me run around with other kids that did.
It still boils down to parents making sure their kids behave themselves. In the end, it was the kid's actions that prompted what happened to him and ultimately, caused the reaction that ended his life. Sad and tragic no matter how you look at it. However, I believe a 14 year old is old enough to know right from wrong - sounds like this kid was heading in the wrong direction and probably would have been a larger problem on society sometime in the future when he became an adult.
Obviously the one pelting eggs at moving cars.
I was thinking about a girl who, at age 16, had friends in her car that were also only 16. In CA you can't have only 16 yr olds in the car during your first 6 months with your license. I think for vandalism and other more serious crimes they should have some sort of probation and further consequences if caught doing another destructive act.
The actions of both are the result of the state of morality in society. Contrast with similar situations in Baghdad. If no contrast, then compare.
I would have liked to have realized that when my car was hit twice by thrown/shot objects. Those kids should have been in serious trouble but the Sheriff's Dept took the attitude that 'you know, kids will be kids'. Hopefully with a new Department head taking over now,law enforcement out here will step up to the plate and actually pay attention to citizen's complaints.
Perhaps they can find the driver of the SUV and make a plea bargain: reduced sentence in return for testimony against the rogue vehicle.
Please show the age limitor on the passages I gave. Thank you.
PING!
At least 25%..my guess.
A semi tread coming off and hitting my hood, no gun play.
Dodging a 1,200 pound round bale of hay that left a hay trailer, again, no gun play.
Taking to the median at 80 miles an hour because a semi driver became overly focused on mering traffic. Just,damn, no gun play. I told the driver not to worry when he stopped to check on my welfare. Things happen.
Don't travel Highway 71 from K.C. to Fayetteville. I think you are too sensative for the journey. On that trip if you hop out with a gun you are going to encounter lots of people with guns, not a 14 kid with a carton of eggs.
The best 14 year old is a dip sh*& about half of the time. If you say you weren't, you're lying.
Sounds like you're describing the average teenager. This is one reason why they're not allowed to vote or sign contracts.
Would I be considered a bigot if I asked..."Was Michael Richards driving"?
Stupidity is not a crime, but it frequently carries a capital sentence that is served without appeal.
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