Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-k Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Pucc-I:Pucc-K:agz From: agz@pucc-k (Andrew Banta) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! Message-ID: <809@pucc-k> Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 11:59:22 EST Article-I.D.: pucc-k.809 Posted: Wed Jan 9 11:59:22 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 23:57:08 EST References: <118@decwrl.UUCP>, <210@talcott.UUCP> <704@hou2h.UUCP> Organization: Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University Lines: 47 [] 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! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andy Banta {decvax!allegra!ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-k!agz Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University --- "I'm OK, You're a CS Major" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------