🚀 go-pugleaf

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 08:40:39 -0400, "Thomas Parah Jr."
<tonm156<NO-SPAM>@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>We don't need to get rid of guns, we need to get rid of freaks and
>criminals.  If we would model our society after the animal world, we
>wouldn't let our freaks breed.

Interesting you mention the animal world. Does not nature itself arm
animals with fang and claw? Do not animals fight back when they're
being attacked? People who arm themselves with guns even the "playing
field" against the criminal predators in society. Unless you're a
sheep. Then you cower and wait to be killed. 

>We need to pass laws that punish criminals, not give them a free room with cable.
>Throw them in a damp cell with no lights and rats.

I agree. There's a sheriff in Arizona with the right idea. Ever heard
of Joe Arpaio? Not quite as inhumane as your solution, but he does
have them living in tents out in the desert. Bring back the chain
gangs!

>If you kill someone you die, very simple.  Some people say that what if they
>are innocent and the system fails them, oh well, acceptable losses.  Will
>send innocent Americans to die for other countries, but we have a problem
>killing criminals to better the life of our society here.

I fail to understand the utter disregard for human life in today's
society. I mean the side that says defending yourself and loved ones
from criminal attack is barbaric or uncivilised. These sheep would
call a police officer and ask him to risk his life for them, but they
wouldn't dare put their own life at risk to defend themselves or their
families. What hypocrites! What sheep! In the jungle, no animal waits
for another animal to show up and help out. It's either defend
yourself...or die! In past civilised societies, men were EXPECTED to
be armed to defend their own against thugs. We have become a nation of
cowards, and governments are a party to death by forbidding the
carrying of arms. Look at Israel and Switzerland, two of the most
heavily armed countries in the world, and two of the safest to live
in. 

>Also, parents need to be held responsible for there punk ass, pimple faced,
>freak, psycho kids.
>
>Another problem with our society is that sex is viewed as being more wrong
>than killing and death.  Example, go to a Block Buster and try to rent an
>Adult movie, you can't.  Now turn around and try to rent a movie that show
>real pictures of people getting there heads blown off, they will have many.
>I am not saying that they should have adult movies, I am saying that should
>people be getting desensitized to death watching these death movies.

You mean like the killing and death in video games like Quake et. al?
;-) (On topic for a change) But seriously, most grown-ups know the
difference and can separate entertainment and reality. Kids are
immature and impressionable. I won't let my kids watch violent movies
or TV. Movies are rated for a reason, and theaters are taking a step
in the right direction by enforcing the ratings codes. It's long
overdue. 

>Just my thoughts

...and my $0.02 worth too.

Mike