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Originally Posted by Spiwak
Are you serious? It's OK to kill someone as long as they've somehow broken the rules of society? It isn't right to kill someone who killed someone else, let alone someone who committed a grand theft (we don't know why he did it, nor if there was a chance of learning from his mistake, nor if he somehow provoked the police into firing). Human lives are worth more than PS3s.
Perhaps you're being sarcastic and I missed the humor (other than the dog part).
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I'm very serious.
For most people, the reason they do not steal is that they have a moral compass that tells them it is wrong, and this is enough to keep them from doing so. In criminals this moral compass is absent, and thus they have nothing to prevent them from thieving. Prison is not a deterrent, you can lock them up as many times as you like, and statistics show in the vast majority of cases they will be reoffending straight away.
These people are broken, and will never be valuable members of society.
That said, I do not condone the actions of the police in this instance. I am a strong supporter of law and order, and believe everyone deserves a fair trial, not summary "justice" handed out Judge Dredd style.
I have zero tolerance for criminals, and favour a three-strikes law like they have in California. Once a criminal has shown their intention to keep reoffending, they should be locked up permanently. I'm also not particularly in favour of the death penalty, I'd rather these people were forced to work off their debt to society, rather than get the easy way out.
My point is though, assuming this individual was the perpetrator of the crime in question, I feel absolutely no sorrow for the death of a man who would brutally beat and rob an innocent law abiding citizen.
This man made his bed, and now he has to lie in it - six feet under in a pine box.
