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Growing up in the mid west I knew many "ethnic"people. We played baseball,football,soccer, and hide and go seek together. we knew not or cared not about the color of our skin or were our parent's came from. My best friend's parent's were American indian's, cherokee if I remeber right one of my friend's rental's were from Spain another from China, and I even had friend's from Lebanon and the middle east.
I grew up knowing wrong from right and I had the respect for my fellow
human being's. And that seem's to be the main thing missing from all over the world " RESPECT has fallen to an all time low. It is one thing to joke with your friend's in private about calling police pig's and saying that you would beat this person up just for looking at you funny or having different belief's, but come on people, control yourselves. A neibor of mine got into an altercation with a 13 yr old. over the boy throwing rock's at his house. He asked the boy to stop and the kid told him to "F" off because if you touch me my parent's will sue you. And he was right, the guy went out after a few more attempts and a broken window and grabbed the boy to take him home. He brused the boy's arm and now he is being sued for battery and mental anguish. Never mind that the boy broke a window in his house or that he has dent's in his car from the rock's that boy threw.
This all tie's back to what has been said earlier, people pushing the limit's of the constiution for there own personal gain. There has to be a time when the judical system will say enough is enough. I agree with the death penalty myself, I have seen what happen's to some criminal's who has faced it. It isnt pretty, but it never was meant to be. It is the final act of your life. You and whatever god's you may pray to are all that is left when you are in that chamber. I agree that it can be cruel and unusual, and sometimes innocent people are sent to there death's. But when you have an individual who has no respect for life or the there own life for that matter you really dont have much choice. Kill them or let them kill other's maybe evem someone close to you. I cannot tell you the anguish you feel when someone that you love is in dire peril at the hand's of such a person. You feel totaly helpless and all you can do is pray that the perpatraitor slip's up enough for you to react and subdue them or yes even use fatal force. It is no fun taking a life, but sometimes you have no choice..
sorry for ranting
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