Originally Posted by Idared
Originally Posted by Barak

I'm not going to say it was right for this particular congresswoman and judge to be shot; but however right or wrong it was, it was more wrong for the other people and the little girl to be shot.


In other words you are saying it is more justifiable to shoot a congress person or a judge than a bystander?

Why? Is it your position that it's more justifiable to shoot the bystander? If he'd missed the politicians but shot a bunch of other folks and the little girl, would your reaction be, "Whew! Terrible thing, but at least the public officials are okay!"?

Gah.


"But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain--that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist." --Lysander Spooner, 1867