Jariel said:
The thing is, how many of you would seek revenge if you mother or sister had been abused? I know I would, and as long as I got justice, I'd face my prison sentence. I've never been engaged, but I imagine he must love her on the same level as his mum or sister.
mother and sister are much different. they are related by blood and i would die for them.
but a chick? hell no.
i do have experience with this type of thing actually, lol...sort of. a while back, some dude calls me up threatening to 'kill me' over some girl. lol, i didn't know what he was talking about, but apparently some girl i've dated had told him something and he'd started to get fiesty. i found it pretty hilarious...what some guys do, lol.
by the way...
Jariel said:
This also brings to mind an incident last year when a class mate of mine was beaten up and mugged by a gang of youths. They gave him cheek from a passing car, he showed them his middle finger and they got out and beat him into a coma. The guy was terrified to leave the house for months after and when I saw him in class, he was shaking and constantly looking over his shoulder. The case went to court, one of the guys was convicted for 2 years and the others got away with a warning. A few months later, those guys got jumped and beaten up too, and one of them was sprayed in the face with spray paint and permanently blinded.
Vigilante justice that you speak of is not good. Trust me, I've tried "taking the law into my own hands" before, and you'd really be stupid to if you knew all the trouble you could get into. It's not worth it.
Yeah, karma, whatever. Crazy story...but I think this one took things too far. Because if you logically think about it, you should be careful how you treat everyone. The guy you cut in front of at McDonald's could whip out an AK and shoot you the next time he sees you. Anything is possible, and you'd live in a state of paranoia.
I actually used to hang out with a kid who...he got into drugs, and then he slept with the sister of one of the guys in a rival gang. One night the gang came into his house, tortured him, and then shot him in the back with a shot gun...and they've yet to charge anyone. Yeah, stuff like that can happen. But it's one in a million, and no one should live there life constantly thinking about...oh if I treat this woman like this, such and such might happen....the kid didn't deserve to killed, and neither did that guy deserve to be castrated. The police and laws exist for a reason, we don't live in a state of chaos.