Recreational drug users, who were being warned about a recent batch of heroin, are usually not considered 'gangsters' or 'scumbags'.
While I understand that you don't care about the lives of people you see as doing something wrong, this news hopefully saved a few lives and made people think about the risks. What about young people out partying who may have been tempted to try heroin for the first time? Maybe that saved their lives and that would be enough to justify this public announcement in my eyes.
Knuttell - your post was callous. Unfortunately, I find myself agreeing with you.
This is why some credit is due to the tabloid papers that expose dangerous criminals in our midst along with photographs so we at least know what they look like.Some years ago a serious crime was committed against my friend and myself. We were lucky to have survived the attack. Not once were we informed that there were people in our community that were previously trialed for murder and that they could be a potential threat to OUR lives. Why as two law abiding citizens were we not informed but yet the authorities will warn a gangster that he/she maybe an intended target.
My house was broken into by drug users. They stole everything that wasn’t nailed down including my wife’s engagement ring and a broach that belonged to my grandmother. On a previous occasion I disturbed burglars while they were gathering our possessions, with my family asleep upstairs.I agree with Knuttell. For anybody that disagrees, have you ever had your home broken into by a drug user?
Heroin is illegal so yes users are criminals.
well said purple, for once i agree with youMy house was broken into by drug users. They stole everything that wasn’t nailed down including my wife’s engagement ring and a brooch that belonged to my grandmother. On a previous occasion I disturbed burglars while they were gathering our possessions, with my family asleep upstairs.
I don’t consider these people less than human and I don’t think their lives are worth less than mine. I also don’t think that they deserve to die for breaking into a house.
If a person’s life is in danger why would the police not let them know? It is their duty to prevent crimes and murder is a crime.
well said purple, for once i agree with you
I can remember a radio interview by the late Jonathan Philbin Bowman on being asked why he had sympathy with the person who mugged him in New York and he replied that the mugger needed the money more than he (JPB) did.
This is an affirmation of humanity and perspective, not the view of "politically correct liberals who haven't a clue about the dynamics of how things actually work". Well said, Purple.I don’t consider these people less than human and I don’t think their lives are worth less than mine. I also don’t think that they deserve to die for breaking into a house.
Should one not one defend oneself, one's family and society against such dangerous scum ?
You don't watch Fox News thenI really would like to know when terms such as " well intentioned " , " politically correct " & " liberal " became pejorative terms ?
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