Would You Shoot 2 Men to Protect Your Neighbor's Property?

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Aw, I hadn't heard about the family - how sad.

Indeed, poor decisions in all cases. I hold everyone in the situation accountable for their behavior, and I am not presuming they were, like Jean Valjean, stealing a loaf of bread to feed their children. I'm just trying to say that in the sliding scale of ethics, I have less of a problem with stealing than killing. Which, I think, is an obvious thing to say? But still deserves to be said.

But then, I think I'm really not particularly feeling sympathy for the killed as much as I am feeling disgusted by the killer (and by Texas in general for their approval of vigilante "justice" for trespassing cases. When we visited my brother while he lived outside of Houston, he advised use never to set foot on anyone else's property because of the trespassing rule, and I promptly decided I was never going to live in Texas.)

Family was hit by a drunk driver apparently, who fled from the scene and is still missing I think.

Yeah, maybe Texas should be its own country. Heh. There are certainly some who believe California should be its own country, and I recently read that it was, but only for a very brief time. Tis when the bear first appeared on the flag.

LOL at the Jean Valjean mention. It's true, hypocritical me is far more forgiving of fictional crimes. The tragedy of the dead burglars is that people can change (and live to sing about it...2 - 4 - 6 - 0 - 11111111111). But some some aren't as lucky as my brother, who was finally able to get his act togeher. Some are gunned down by vigilante Texans. And them's the breaks.