[HairOfTheDog]

True enough that we should all be well practicised and think all these things through in theory as well as we can. How well we have taught our mind to think determines how well we will do when pressed.

However, much you would have condemned this man, a grand jury that heard all the facts did not find ~him~ to be the criminal in this case.

[spunkets]

I think the prosecutor failed to apply the appropriate law and make it clear to the grand jury. Mr Beck had 2 faces in his sight picture that day and ignored one of them. The act involved recklessness and negligence on a criminal level in most States. This was not accidental.

The reason those laws are in place is to disuade and punish wreckless and negligent behavior in whatever form it takes. This guy's action injured someone, could have killed them, and was unjustified. It was a materialization of that "wild west" display the grabbers predicted. It really shouldn't be encouraged, or dismissed.

Chasing down and shooting at a perp is one thing. Shooting with others in the fore, or background is another thing entirely.

[TalBlack]

"However, much you would have condemned this man, a grand jury that heard all the facts did not find ~him~ to be the criminal in this case."

A Jury heard all the facts of the OJ case and let him off, what's your point?

I understand his rage..not anger, RAGE, and my point is that in a just, orderly society we must be responsible for what we do. Rage thinks only of itself. Rage doesn't care about anyone else. Rage can't rule the day.

I wouldn't have hung this guy but I would rather a decision that underlines the importance of each of us, in a siruation however trying, remembering that there are others around us who may suffer for what we do.

Hell, we USED to.