[Indemaijinj]

That would probably be a flame.

I am simply astonished about how much support this "justice by violence" pipedream gets here. There is a good reason why the "eye for an eye" model is banished to the annals of history.

The legal systems are here to ensue that a civilised society can function without people having to fear for their lives and well-being.

Surely such a viewpoint can be used to defend people's rights to own and occasionally use lethal weapons, but that is not my point.
The point is that it is the preventive measures and the protection that the law supplies, not the possibilities for revenge.

Call me a weak goodie two-shoe, but I think that a legal system should be judged by how much safety from harm or exploitation that it offers it's citizens, not by how much retribution it exacts on it's culprits.

In this specific case: I am not impressed by this grisly show of vengeance the court put forth. Surely I have no sympathy for the jealous bastard that got his leg cut off, but that is not gonna solve any problems back at home does it?

Only a crippled man with yet another grudge to hold against his wife who still has little or no protection from the wrath of her spiteful husband.

[ 01-13-2003, 11:58 AM: Message edited by: Indemaijinj ]