How can you feel pity when you are cheering that the punk kid is dead? I can’t mix the two feelings together. When criminals die, I want to cheer their death not mope in sorrow.
It’s the social convention to appear to do so. :)
Who said anything about moping in sorrow? That’s remorse, not pity.
I kind of understand the mixed feelings. It's a shame that people are born into that world. There's no hope for the majority of them. Still, that's the reality and I would rather have him, the criminal, gone than innocent victims taken out. And it's tied with the fiscal...he's no longer a burden to society that way and in other respects, and he won't be creating any future burdens. It's a horrible way to have to look at fellow humans so I get the mix of feelings. It's just the reality. One can either be like a lot of liberals, and some conservatives, and ignore it or face the truth. It's the same with the radical Muslims. I wish the world were different.
In the US, one of the wars we are fighting is against young street thugs who are glamorized and enabled by an excuse for culture that disgusts me. As such, I recognize that they will end up dead when people defend themselves, as we must. I don't feel bad about the loss of someone commiting these crimes.
But I am saddened and feel a sense of loss that these situations continue. With higher expectations placed on these inner city thugs, perhaps they wouldn't have to be gunned down....for the survival of others.