Sword killing no cause for cheers

Baltimore Sun ^ | September 17, 2009 | Baltimore Sun Editorial

[George - the Other]

"This is certainly nothing to celebrate. The glorification of the incident online and around town belies the horror of the killing and its aftermath. Even if it ultimately is judged to have been legally justified, the question of whether the situation couldn't have been handled differently will remain."

[Lazamataz]

"This is certainly nothing to celebrate. The glorification of the incident online and around town belies the horror of the killing and its aftermath. Even if it ultimately is judged to have been legally justified, the question of whether the situation couldn't have been handled differently will remain."

LIBERAL TRANSMOGRIFIER: "It's only worth celebrating if the victim, not the criminal, was killed. Today is a day of bereavement, mourning the honest criminal who was only trying to feed his three crack-whore girlfriends, his 12 children, and his rather vicious drug habit."

[lionheart 247365]

Yea !!! Right !!! rehabilitation is the answer ,,, I’ll bet this perp had a real nice resume of past criminal accomplishments . No more . . .

[Lazamataz]

find cheering much too mild a response to the killing of vermin. The patriot needs to be hoist on the shouders of the community and paraded through town with much revelry...then the patriot needs to awarded prizes medals and a brand new handgun of their own choosing, so as to make their heroics, in the future, less dangerous to themselves.

I'll chip in for a hooker.

[rockrr]

With a sword, it’s quiet, quick, and nothing flying around.

Well, there was the small matter of a severed hand...;'}

[Vigilanteman]

What's not to like about a career criminal named Rice being turned into sushi by his intended victim?

[Windcatcher]

Is it a cause for cheers?

Yes. Absolutely, unequivically, yes.

The message needs to be said, nay shouted, loud and clear. “if you are a POS loser who would rather steal from the industrious than earn for yourself, we have no use for you. If you are a POS then you are worthless to us. If we catch you stealing that which we have labored to earn, expect no regard. If you are so arrogant as to threaten us, expect no quarter and no mercy. If you are THAT much of a POS, not only will we feel justified doing whatever is necessary to ptotect ourselves from you, we will do it with relish. For in protecting ourselves we are protecting every single person you might prey upon in the future”

Its only too bad the method of dispatch couldn’t have been even more brutal. Some messages have no room for subtlety.

[chesley]

But even burglars don't deserve to be killed with a razor-sharp sword

Yes, they do.

[Truth is a Weapon]

If crooks don’t want to die they can simply cease and desist from all criminal activity. It is a choice.

No one knows when someone breaks into their house whether they are armed or not. A successful robbery often invites a return engagement. Who knows whether it may escalate next time? Who knows if the next time you wake up to find the creep with a weapon hovering over your bed?

The Sun is correct that the homeowner did nothing to deserve carrying this possible feeling of guilt around with him for a long time. All the doing was on the dead man’s part. Any feelings of guilt suffered is the dead guy’s fault.

[ActrFshr]

Agreed.

He held out his sword in self defense.
The culprit attacked him anyway.

What is he supposed to do, let the culprit stab him with a knife so he can bleed to death too?
If the culprit did not attack him, the culprit would not have died.
The culprit is dead and the victim lives. That is true justice.

[Uri’el-2012]

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I'll bet they support ACORN.

I'll bet they support charges against the breitbart filmakers.

[dfwgator]

But even burglars don't deserve to be killed with a razor-sharp sword

I agree, it's too quick. I would recommend slowly being eaten to the bone by ants...but hey, that's just me.

[RonF]

The police are authorized and trained to protect your life and property. You are responsible for protecting your life and property. There's a difference. If you can leave it to the police then it's well to do so. But when seconds count, the police are only minutes away. Only you can decide what kind of threat an intruder represents and what measures are necessary and appropriate to defend your life.

I don't believe that the use of deadly force to protect property is appropriate. But it's not unreasonable for someone who is at home when their home is broken into to think that their life may be in danger. Having to have taken a life is not something to celebrate, it's true. But that does not mean that it was wrong to do.

[Kartographer]

The victim could have easily allowed the thief to take the property, after all its only things and a human life is worth more than things. In fact the victim could have taken a beating after all wants a little pain, possible injury and/or permanent disability next to the taking of a human life? Why should the victim hold his life so much more precious than the thief's life? Clear the victim is a hater and in need of psychological help. (SARC)

Most liberals are unable to understand as much as we don't like to believe it: "There's, many a man alive no more value than a dead dog." Shaara-'The Killer Angels'

[bikerman]

maybe he should have used a cross cut Carpenter's saw.

[Centurion2000]

Sword killing no cause for cheers>

Citizens killing criminals is always a reason to celebrate.

Gun, sword, sledgehammer, wood chipper, chain saw, swizzle sticks, 220, 221 .... whatever it takes.

[ejonesie22]

Outlaw swords and only out laws will have swords...

And Pirates....

Ninjas...

The odd Knight...

And a few students...

[b4its2late]

Good one.

[La Lydia]

The Baltimore Sun takes a firm stance on the side of the villains. No, they weren’t there. No, their lives weren’t on the line. This is a textbook example of why most of Baltimore is such a disgusting hell hole of a place. The evil has taken over the city, and it runs the newspaper.

[Drew68]

I celebrate law abiding citizens killing intruders. Every time.

And the fact that it was done with a sword makes it even more cool!

[Dr.Zoidberg]

I'm amazed by these curs (like mr. baltimore sun editorialist) who fantasize about being able to flee from danger and cower in their nice safe little hiding place when faced with a threat.

The natural instinct of any human is to stand and fight when faced with imminent risk of harm rather than turn and show his back to someone who plans mischief. It's why we have adrenaline, to give us an edge when endangered.

Of course I did say any “human”, some of these cowards would quickly fail the test for humanity.