[spunkets]

" The kid attacked someone. His victim retaliated. Sorry you don't approve of victims fighting back against their attackers."

The kid attacked no one. He threw an egg at a vehicle. The murderer was not justified in killing him, or using deadly force, or beating him in any way, shape, or form. The State of TX and all of the other 49 states agrees with me.

" Premeditated? The guy whose SUV got egged was planning on going out an shooting some kid that night?"

Yes, premeditated! All it takes is making the decision to shoot the kid w/o justificaiton. You need to learn that anger over egging a vehicle doesn't justify murder. The SUV driver had a murderous attitude before the incident and that's a very bad thing.

"Tossing eggs was the initiating act and it wasn't the shooter who started things rolling. Wrap your head around the concept of "actions have consequences"."

You need to get a grasp on reality. The initiating act was the development of the killer's murderous attitude. His propensity to commit murder over the slightest little thing, in violation of civilized society's sense of justice and laws is the real problem here. The murderer should get the death penalty.

Re: Equal protection means the law applies to all, not that any rights violation justifies a vicious murder. "Ah... so you do set up a sliding scale for your morality. Stealing $5 is a "lesser" crime than stealing $5 million. You can be "just a little bit pregnant" in your world. A "little" rape isn't that bad..."

Apparently you still don't know what equal protection under the law means. I told you what it means. It means the law applies to all! It does not mean, or have anything to do with, "all crimes are equal" as you say.

If the crime is simple theft, stealing $5 is petty theft. If the value is generally over $1K, the crime is grand theft. If the crime is armed robbery, the value of the property is irrelevant. The crime is still armed robbery. Revenge slayings with a deadly weapon are always a crime and that crime is first degree murder.

" And you call me sick."

I didn't, but since you mentioned sick... Your sense of justice is sick and so is your worldview.

"I'm fairly certain he didn't give two tin sh*ts about your God."

What's important is that my God cared about him.

[Dead Corpse]

The kid attacked no one. He threw an egg at a vehicle.

Which is an ATTACK...

at·tack /əˈtæk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uh-tak] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation    

–verb (used with object)

1.	to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.

2.	to begin hostilities against; start an offensive against: to attack the enemy.

3.	to blame or abuse violently or bitterly.

4.	to direct unfavorable criticism against; criticize severely; argue with strongly: He attacked his opponent's statement.

5.	to try to destroy, esp. with verbal abuse: to attack the mayor's reputation.

6.	to set about (a task) or go to work on (a thing) vigorously: to attack housecleaning; to attack the hamburger hungrily.

7.	(of disease, destructive agencies, etc.) to begin to affect.

–verb (used without object)

8.	to make an attack; begin hostilities.

–noun

9.	the act of attacking; onslaught; assault.

10.	a military offensive against an enemy or enemy position.

11.	Pathology. seizure by disease or illness: an attack of indigestion.

12.	the beginning or initiating of any action; onset.

13.	an aggressive move in a performance or contest.

14.

the approach or manner of approach in beginning a musical phrase. Since your dictionary appears to be broken, use the one above. All it takes is making the decision to shoot the kid w/o justificaiton. Being attacked is "without justification"? Thank God you aren't a lawyer... What's important is that my God cared about him. Not enough to keep him from initiating the events that ended his life apparently.

[ExSoldier]

You guys are all old time freepers. I'm thinking this seems to be a personal feud that may span some time. I would submit that nobody should be subjected to a personal invective that seems to wish any sort of harm to befall another freeper. Like it or not, by virtue of your seniority here you are role models for newer freepers. So can we all play nice and stick to the issues without devolving into mean spirited commentary? Please?

[LowOiL]

What's important is that my God cared about him.

God cares about Bin Ladin too, but you will not get far on a FR thread argueing against him getting his neck streached.