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Thank you, there are two threads (Sniper and Paint Ball) right now
and I will drop out of the sniper discussion--good night, Tony
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I grew up a five minute walk from where three Montgomery Co. Md. shootings occured, a five minute drive from others, and spent a few years ten minutes away from Ashland, VA. My father and his wife still live in that house I grew up in, and my brother, his wife and two kids live in the immediate approximate area of Monkey County. I am as happy as anyone to hear that two suspects are being held in custody along with a quite literal smoking gun. I read these postings this afternoon in the name of "restorative justice." I must pause. Before justice can be restored, can't we let it exist in the first place? The postings seem to imply foregone guilt, a concept anathematic to our current system of domestic justice. Isn't this indicative of the same zealotry we decry on a global scale? Aren't we presumed innocent at first, at least in most cases? To my knowledge, no capital charges have been forthcoming. Both are currently held on relatively minor charges. Yet the dialog here appears to assume otherwise at best. If they are not guilty, exonerate them. In the meantime, allow a sufficiently strong case to be presented in case they are not, so that justice may be served prior to the necessity of restoration. I doubt they will be going anywhere soon. Can we let the developments run their course before we stack the wood and plant the stake? Otherwise, we may stand morally bereft. Warren Hayman --------------------------------------------- This message was sent by First Step Internet. http://www.fsr.net/ . |
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