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Originally posted by MikeboydUS
Those police were freaking worthless. Watching someone cannibalize another human being? Freaking worthless. If they had any dignity, respect and sense of justice they would of emptied their firearms into that monster. Even if it means one's career is over. There are things in this world that are worth taking risks for. There are things in this world worth fighting for. If people don't freaking stand up to monsters like this, we will be dominated by them. I cannot express in words the frustration and anger this horrible event and the lack of action by the passengers and police fills me with.
There are things in this world that simply cannot be tolerated. Monsters like that cannot, must not be allowed to survive. The Human race needs to get ahold of itself and act. Zero tolerance for these kind of monsters must be adopted. I dont care if he was freaking crazy, on drugs, off drugs, mind controlled, whatever. They cannot be allowed to continue their existence in this world.
[edit on 1/8/08 by MikeboydUS]
Originally posted by TheComte
Having a gun you may have been able to save the guy from the beheading, but I doubt you could have saved his life.
Originally posted by cannonfodder
Ok. Lets do a test... Pretend I just snuck into your house, and I'm standing in the doorway in the room behind you. Let time how it takes you to get your gun, loaded, cocked and safety off, and point it at the doorway. 10 seconds? 20 seconds? 1 minute?
Now.. I don't doubt your response time would have been shorter if you were on the bus... but I doubt you would have been able to respond any less than 20 seconds... I can make 30 stabbing motions in that time. I doubt you would have made much difference.
But you are firing wildly on a crowded bus packed full of people. Even if you have dead aim and you drop this nutbar in one or two shots - what caliber are you carrying? Even a .22 would pass through psychopath and into the passenger behind him. Nice job - you just killed a friendly, or two. Of course, you are perfectly calm as you would be on a shooting range, because having someone slash up another human being wouldn't raise your adrenalin at all.
Originally posted by Richard.M.J.Palmer
its not sensless or barbaric, its in human nature to destroy, after all, we are parasites to earth, we take ourselves, put ourselves above the food chain and out of the law of nature, and then implicate our own laws.
human + intelligence = destruction.
Originally posted by Richard.M.J.Palmer
so basicly what your saying is, its justifiable to kill a killer.
we go to war, we slaughter thousands of innocents, but the killers are honored and given rewards for this.
killing isnt wrong, or immoral.
i would be lying if i said i wasnt intruiged, i'd also be lying if i said apart of me didnt want to kill another human being.
its just life.
Originally posted by Richard.M.J.Palmer
very intruiging, a man which must like the grim reaper has a problem with someone who is interested in killing.
as i said before, its in our nature.
Originally posted by grimreaper797
Originally posted by Richard.M.J.Palmer
very intruiging, a man which must like the grim reaper has a problem with someone who is interested in killing.
as i said before, its in our nature.
Grim Reaper was the nickname I got for being very good at a FPS video game from my early highschool days. I just never bothered to change it.
Again, if you are intruiged by the idea of killing a man for no real reason, and its something you think about doing, you should get help. Its not OUR nature, its YOUR nature. Dont group everyone together like we are the same. We aren't. Nothing is so black and white, even human nature.
Sometimes, it's probably worth going with your natural urges...
Originally posted by Dulcimer
The urge to blast his friggin head off was probably inside every cop, but....
Originally posted by mystiq
But the most shocking thing I have ever heard is: its a SECOND DEGREE murder charge. For the most heinous crime, the kind unheard of basically in Canada, a SECOND degree.