Thread: Morrinsville Shooting

Originally Posted by Nickoli

@Cordite - I have advocated before for outsourcing our "corrections" (I use the title with a massive grain of salt....) to be outsourced to China or Saudi Arabia: people like Heke deserve no less than a first class ticket on their way to such "rehabilitation."
That no one was killed by this ar$eholes actions is a moot point: he has proven that he cannot abide by the social contract, his history has proven this...why take the chance? Chris Cahill wouldn't take the chance on law abiding firearms licence holders - let alone criminals (and has continued to focus on us) - someone with this level of disregard for the law gets what he deserves with no harm to others - so what?
Genuine question by the way - take out the emotive crap with previous Police shootings... what right does a criminal have where a demonstrated disregard for the law and human life has been shown? A dog who attacked someone would be shown less leniency....what's the difference?

@Nickoli,

As you rightly say, Heke has shown disregard for human life, which is bad. But once we take offense at that we cannot simultaneously think of treating a human like a dog. The two are opposites. Treating a human like a dog is disregard for human life. Avoid that path with extreme prejudice.

In the end, what you feel about a human life vs an animal life is a philosophical, religious, origin type question that you have to consider and make up your mind about. Only do step carefully if your conclusion is at odds with the law of the land (which is based on one kind of view).