Hurrican looters are being shot

[carpro]

Texas looter beware!

You can legally be shot, with no repercussions for the shooter.

 

[TCassidy]

You just said that.

That's in case you missed it the first time.

 

[JonC]

It seems like they want it to happen doesn't it. They are practically fantasizing about it.

I was just thinking the same thing (not about people on this forum, but about Texans deciding not to evacuate so that they can legally shoot someone...like a rare opportunity). I'm not saying this is the case, it's just something that popped into my mind reading the article.

 

[carpro]

"The suspect reportedly lived through the injury."

The homeowners only mistake.

 

[TCassidy]

It seems like they want it to happen doesn't it. They are practically fantasizing about it.

Do I detect, perhaps, some Transference?

 

[TCassidy]

I was just thinking the same thing

That is very sad.

 

[David Kent]

Ob

That's in case you missed it the first time.

Obviously I didn't.

 

[James Flagg]

Good. Then hang the bodies outside for the other looters to see.

And drink their blood!

 

[JonC]

That is very sad.

Not really. The thought struck me as humorous. Not the flooding but the idea of Texans having looter parties, waiting for the thief to break in...disappointed when they dont. It would make for a black comedy. Like "The Last Supper" movie.

 

[carpro]

Not really. The thought struck me as humorous.

Macabre is a better description for your thoughts.

 

[JonC]

Macabre is a better description for your thoughts.

Tomato, tomahto. Let's just call it realism.

 

[Alcott]

I knew a preacher who visited prisons, and one time in a young offenders institution he was visiting a lad who said "When I get out, I am coming to rob you." The preacher replied, "I'll give you my address, but why would you risk coming back in here when if I have anything you want I'll give it to you?" On his next visit, the lad said, "When I get out I will visit you, but I won't steal anything." On his next visit, the lad said, "When I get out I will visit you, and I would like to give you something." The preacher said "That depends on where you got it."
He was a German Jewish Christian who escaped from Hitler's Reich before the 2nd WW.

And what's the rest of the story? Did he steal from the visitor? accept anything from him? steal from him? none of those?
And what were his other future actions? Was he ever taken back to prison?

 

[Don]

Didn't Jesus say something like "If somebody steals your shirt, give him your coat also?

Actually, no, He didn't.

You're mixing Matthew 5:40 and Luke 6:30.
Matthew says if someone sues you for your shirt, give them your coat also. Luke says if someone asks you for something, give it to them; and if someone takes your stuff, don't ask for it back.

Neither verse addresses looters, or those that place you and/or your family in danger while stealing what isn't theirs.

I'm not condoning wishing evil upon those that commit evil; but we also shouldn't shirk our Christian duty and responsibility to be good stewards over that which God has placed in our care.

 

[Revmitchell]

Actually, no, He didn't.

You're mixing Matthew 5:40 and Luke 6:30.
Matthew says if someone sues you for your shirt, give them your coat also. Luke says if someone asks you for something, give it to them; and if someone takes your stuff, don't ask for it back.

Neither verse addresses looters, or those that place you and/or your family in danger while stealing what isn't theirs.

I'm not condoning wishing evil upon those that commit evil; but we also shouldn't shirk our Christian duty and responsibility to be good stewards over that which God has placed in our care.

Or shirk our duty to protect our family

 

[Rolfe]

What an insightful thread...

Pray you should never have to do what some of you seem eager for.

 

[Reynolds]

What an insightful thread...

Pray you should never have to do what some of you seem eager for.

If I was eager to kill, I would have killed 14 people. I convicted 14 people for Aggravated Assault on a peace officer. The use of deadly force was legally justified in each case. I used it in none of those occasions.

 

[carpro]

What an insightful thread...

Pray you should never have to do what some of you seem eager for.

I don't see any signs of "eagerness", except in your comment. An eagerness to condemn what's not there.

 

[Use of Time]

Do I detect, perhaps, some Transference?

I have no problem with protecting yourself with a firearm but look at this thread man.

 

[Alcott]

I have no problem with protecting yourself with a firearm but look at this thread man.

I don't think thread would stop many bullets, nor bind many looters.

 

[Use of Time]

I don't think thread would stop many bullets, nor bind many looters.

*throws tomatoes*