Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2h.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!hou2h!mr From: mr@hou2h.UUCP (M.RINDSBERG) Newsgroups: net.legal,net.politics Subject: Re: NYC subway "hero" Message-ID: <709@hou2h.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 12:00:09 EST Article-I.D.: hou2h.709 Posted: Tue Jan 8 12:00:09 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 05:36:25 EST References: <121@cadre.UUCP> <6835@watdaisy.UUCP>, <776@reed.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 25 Xref: watmath net.legal:1244 net.politics:6658 > >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. You obviously do not know the nature of the "punks". Mark