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Originally posted by bendable:
whats important is, they died doing what they love

That is EXCELLENT, bendable!!

Yes it was, yes it was.

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Originally posted by tacfoley:
Quote - Renee Simpson, with Bible Way Worldwide Ministries, said all three teenagers attended Salem High School. Simpson said while she didn’t know the boys or their families, she nonetheless organized a candlelight vigil, and she expects hundreds to attend. “I have a calling to fulfill as a minister and that’s what I’m doing,” Simpson said Wednesday. “This is a grieving time. … It’s not about me taking sides one way or the other.”

But she IS taking sides - she is commemorating the side of the scumbag teens who got killed in the commission of a CRIME. Armed robbery is still a crime, is it not? And the likelihood of injuring or killing an innocent person whilst committing the crime seemed to me to have a pretty high level of probability. Had they gotten away with it and been caught, they would have lived off the state for the rest of their sad little lives. Or maybe died in a shoot-out with the police. Either is good AFAIAC, but the best of all results actually happened. I just run plumb out of charity when it comes to this kind of activity. No apologies about that.

Evidently she is taking heat as she published a justification on FB that the vigil was for the families. Nonetheless, I regard her as a Bible non-believer as 'Thou Shalt not Steal' has been commanded for centuries.

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Evidently she is taking heat as she published a justification on FB that the vigil was for the families. Nonetheless, I regard her as a Bible non-believer as 'Thou Shalt not Steal' has been commanded for centuries.[/QUOTE]

millennia actually, but she'll catch up eventually, bless her heart.

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Originally posted by H&K-Guy:
Mkay, Yeah, that article excelled in it's crapulence.

I've just gota' stop reading the "news."

Usually, I'm part of the 'don't wish no harm on anyone' crowd.

This article and thread have severely tested my character.

H&K-Guy

For me it would the interest of self preservation. Regardless of how much empathy I'd have for the families' grief, I would know I had only defended myself from aggressors. I can live with that. However, if I had only been defending possessions with deadly force, I would be racked with conflicting sensibilities for the rest of my life.

It took me almost a week to respond to Para's post about his "philosophy on living things."

Probably took me so long as I was really surprised. I didn't think there were any, or at least many, who thought like that. See, his "philosophy" is pretty much the same as mine-and my wife's. We won't intentionally or carelessly harm any living creature if it is possible to avoid it. I, too, look where I'm walking so I don't step on some little critter.

While we've never had a moth in the house, we find little "baby" chameleons, maybe one a month. These little lizards die if not moved outside as they can't get enough water in our house. So we'll spend an hour or two trying to run one of them down and capture it in a Dixie cup to remove it outside. Even our little dog, PC, has learned not to try to catch them, but to simply find and "point" them out to us. She loves that game. My wife often rescues little frogs who somehow (I have no idea how) wind up in our pool as they can't seem to get back out once they are in.

Sure, there's some things on the "hit list" as Para noted. Roaches, Palmetto bugs, and mosquitos.

I grew up hunting and fishing, but just don't want to take a life so I don't do those things anymore. Yeah, I still buy meat/fish at the store and I have a friend who brings some venison by from time to time. Perhaps that makes me hypocritical, but I can live with that.

But, I would do anything to protect my family or myself from harm. That, at least at this point, seems to be exactly what the homeowner did-protect himself and/or his family.

Bob

This story sure fell of the news media radar quickly.
No matter how much they searched it was hard to find an angle to exploit.

It appears that the subjects were armed, had their faces covered, and began throwing shots at the homeowner. At my old address we used to called these things "clues".

You buy a ticket...you take the ride.

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Originally posted by curnarski:
It appears that the subjects were armed, had their faces covered, and began throwing shots at the homeowner.

All qualifying features for a 'lead arrest'.