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From: mr@hou2h.UUCP (M.RINDSBERG)
Newsgroups: net.legal,net.politics
Subject: Re: NYC subway "hero"
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Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 12:00:09 EST
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>
>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