[ZTWsquared]

P-51,Mar 28 2006, 09: Wrote:Actually, I kinda side with the man... but it's not really about the lawn, it's about respect.  What's the big problem here?

I hope you’re kidding here, but just in case you’re not, let me give you an answer.

Here’s the problem …

The nutbar lawn owner deems the trespassing on his grass to be a crime punishable by death, then he decides he is the cop, the prosecutor, judge and jury … finds the kid guilty and then summarily executes him on the spot. And you don’t have a problem with this?

If this is about respect, what happened to the respect for human life in this case?

Let’s put things into a local perspective … if your 15 year son or brother got picked up by the cops and put in jail for a couple of hours for walking on someone’s grass, you’d be all up in arms about it … you’d be looking to fry that cops a$$ with a reprimand for overreacting. Imagine how you’d feel if they got shot over it.

Guns aren’t the real problem in the States … it’s easy access to guns by a population that generally does not have a proper respect for life; and this case, the one about the car thief getting shot, and that guy in Seattle killing 7 others are three perfect examples of what I’m talking about.