Re: Man shoots at noisy teenagers, killing one

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
P. Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>    The problem to me isn't being poked.  It is sitting there and
>taking the poking until one builds up so much anger that they
>"snap".  We are all "poked" in one way or another on a daily
>basis.  Dealing with that in a civilized way is a part of living
>in a society, and those who can't don't live in general society,
>but in jail.

"Society" has removed all other avenues of redress for poking.  You're
told to go to the law, but the law does not concern itself with
trifles.


-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                            [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."  But extreme restriction of liberty in pursuit of 
a modicum of security is a very expensive vice.