Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!tektronix!reed!lydgate From: lydgate@reed.UUCP (Chris Lydgate) Newsgroups: net.legal,net.politics Subject: Re: NYC subway "hero" Message-ID: <776@reed.UUCP> Date: Sun, 6-Jan-85 02:13:47 EST Article-I.D.: reed.776 Posted: Sun Jan 6 02:13:47 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Jan-85 02:46:45 EST References: <121@cadre.UUCP> <6835@watdaisy.UUCP> Reply-To: lydgate@reed.UUCP (Chris Lydgate) Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon Lines: 22 Xref: watmath net.legal:1218 net.politics:6635 Summary: wait a minute... I feel sad that times are such that people praise a wounder of four as a 'hero'. I too must admit to ignorance about the details of the event, but I understand that the punks just asked him for money; and that their weapons were in their pockets, and not being brandished. If this guy had used mace (nasty but effective stuff) or responded on the level of violence at which he was approached, I think I would have felt sympathy for him. But shooting them all???? Theft shouldn't be punishable by maiming ! This guy over-reacted; O.K., maybe he was angry, lost control for a minute. Sure. That may make him less blameworthy, but it does *not* make him a 'hero'. This is like having your car destroyed for a parking violation. I think this argument also applies to Milo's T-shirt intruders; I'm glad you thought about that one, Milo. Chris Lydgate