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Originally posted by Graham
And what happens if they weren't actually intending to cause damage or steal stuff, but you didn't take the time to check and you kick seven bells out of someone who is innocent?
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So what were they doing there in the first place?! They wanted to admire your fine PC modding? They just popped in (breaking the back window) to say hello, since they don't know you?
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"Oh well, they shouldn't have been on my property in the first place..."
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Damn right!
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And what if it was *you* on someone else's property who gets the kicking when you were there for a legitimate reason?
"Oh well, it was my fault for looking suspicious"?
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Thats right, I shouldn't have been trespassing/breaking and entering in the first place, at night, with an accomplice, making threats to the homeowner.
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Yes, they have rights to protect them.
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Bit of an oversight don't you think? (As I said before)
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The purpose of our laws and our justice system is not only to protect us from criminals, but to protect us from *ourselves*.
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erm...boll*cks
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Do you *really* think that vigilantes and lynch mob "justice" do anyone any good? Sure, you might be able to exact your "righteous indignation" on a criminal. You might also be kicking the hell out of some poor innocent who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and that innocent may even be *you*.
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Why would I have forced an entry into someones home, at night, in the middle of nowhere, with an accomplice??? ......I was short of essentials and wanted to borrow some milk and sugar and I couldn't find the doorbell?!?
Don't be daft.
Like I said, wake up and smell the coffee.