So we should sacrifice an innocent man to placate the mob? That never works because it just feeds their appetite.
I never said that.
What I was trying to express is the deck is stacked against us.
“So we should sacrifice an innocent man to placate the mob?”
No, I think he is saying, “Be prepared!”
Free Barabbas!
So true - until we meet their violence with even greater violence, they will continue to become more brazen and more injustice will be done. Far too many, supposedly right-minded people, would sacrifice George for the "greater good". The greater good would be better served by freeing George and quelling any resultant violence with "indiscrimiinate" force. Until we are willing to do so, it will grow until it becomes an actual and defined war.