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From: agz@pucc-k (Andrew Banta)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!
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Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 11:59:22 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  9 11:59:22 1985
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From: mr@hou2h.UUCP (M.RINDSBERG)
> Lets talk about the guy he paralyzed.
> Would he have ever contributed positively to society ?

This is entirely irrelevant!  Who was Goetz to judge if they could have
or couldn't have?  There are a lot of people who I don't think have ever
or will ever contribute to society.  I don't solve this with a gun.

> Do you normally walk around with sharpened screwdrivers ?

No, do you normally walk around with a concealed pistol?

> I think he should have killed all 4. People (People ?) will then think
> 	twice before mugging, killing, raping .....

Sick, sick, sick.  The instant-justice death penalty for a $5 mugging.
The way I heard it, they didn't even threaten him, just asked (a bit
strange, I admit).  But I'm sure that there are people who believe that
they were ready to rip his eyes out if he didn't pay ...

> Next, Why don't the 4 have jobs ? 

there are millions of peoplein this country without jobs.  Do you
propose that after a two week grace period of joblessness, we shoot them
too?

> What were they doing on the subway
> at that time ? 

What was stopping them from being on the subway at that time?  Is there
something that restrcits when people can and can't be on the subway?
What was Goetz doing on the subway at that time?

Why don't you face up to the fact that what Goetz did was WRONG!  The
kids weren't necessarily right, but he was dead wrong! I'm sure the
NYCPD has a nice long list of charges against him, and I think they
should press every one of them.  Maybe it'll teach people to use the
justice system we have in the US and not create their own.  In case you
hadn't realized it, vigilantes are at least as dangerous as other
criminals!

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Andy Banta			{decvax!allegra!ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-k!agz
Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University --- "I'm OK, You're a CS Major"
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