God help us all, if the liberal view is that criminals commit crimes because of their “dire need”, and that we all need to roll over and submit to those in “dire need”. That’s a dangerous mindset in my opinion.
Ya, I can just imagine that if the Marines had fought back, they would have been prosecuted and convicted in civilian court. It’s a no-win situation for the Marines.
Indeed it is their view. It has to be, because their worldview has as its basis that if they can perfect society, all human failings will cease to be a problem.
However, the recession/depression that we're in has shown a drop in violent crime and robberies, inexplicable in liberal theory.