Rhiannon wrote: How a directly involved person feels and would behave on the spot shouldn't be the main thing relevant to how the state responds months or years later after all the objective(ish) processes of law. It sounds like a straw man to me, you're trying to get someone to imply 'killing is right'.
But do watch that Portillo programme though, you'd find it very interesting I'm sure.
Couldn't be further from the truth Rhiannon with regard to me implying that 'killing is right', but as you say, the 'on the spot' scenario is quite natural at the time. I'm sure the Jewish population felt exactly the same way as their families and friends were being led into the gas chambers.
It is one thing to kill a person in a sudden attack of anger, but planned killing is abhorrent to all and the perpetrators should expect the very worst when they are brought to justice. According to all reports Tsarnaev shows no remorse whatsoever.
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