On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, John Smith wrote:
You stole from me. *BANG* You raped my sister *BANG* or threaten me or my family you have committed suicide. It is a quite simple and effective philosophy: "You fuck with me, my family, or my property you die. You leave me alone and I leave you alone." Even someone like you can understand such a philosophy. Well, I can't. It's very confusing. Are there judges in your
"William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>: philosophy, or do you just decide for yourself who to shoot? "You walked on my property." BANG.
Works for me. You post no trespassing, I have no excuse.
"Your music kept me awake all night." BANG.
Well, turn the shit down.
"I warned you to cut that tree down, and now it fell on my house." BANG.
If the warning was issued, then *BANG*.
Or how about escalation: You know, there's a reason people started using judges to help settle disputes. There's a reason the common law evolved with the idea of proportionate response and restitution. This kind of
Yeah, the reason was that the Nobles looked at their peasants as property, and didn't want their property killing each other.
shoot-everybody-I-think-harmed-me approach just doesn't work.
There is also a clear difference between shooting a guy carrying your stereo out of the house, and a guy who probably carried a stereo out of the house.
The current system stinks, but your idea is no better.
Well, the current system stinks, but enough people are buffalo'd into thinking that it works, so it is doubtful that it will get better. If on the otherhand the system ceased to exist, maybe it could be improved. Petro, Christopher C. snow@smoke.suba.com