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In article ,
(Michael Daly) says...
On 7-Sep-2005, "Larry Caldwell" wrote:
You don't shoot looters because they are
stealing stuff, you shoot looters because they are interfering with
rescue efforts and the restoration of civil order. Society has a right
to defend itself, collectively just as much as individually.
If you shoot people without any semblance of justice, you don't have
a society.
I think that is pretty much the point. There are instances where
society breaks down. In NOLA, that breakdown was characterized by
widespread lawlessness. Criminals did not see any consequences for
their actions, so they went on a spree. They finally restored order,
and society, by shooting a few of them.
If you think for a moment, there is both law and precedent supporting
self defense and justifiable homicide. An on-the-spot death penalty IS
justice, albeit of the sudden kind. It is not so arbitrary as you might
think. Certainly anyone who killed someone will eventually have to face
an investigation into their actions, and civil authorities will have to
determine if it was a criminal act or not.
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http://home.teleport.com/~larryc
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