Grand Jury Clears Texan in the Killing of 2 Burglars

The voice of reason.

 

Well NorthPointe, you must be absolutely thrilled that someone finally gave you the opportunity to paint a disastrous conclusion to your perfect "what if" scenario, but you forgot the part about the kids coming out of the neighbor's window with a bag of loot.

Could you please try again. Don't forget the part where the shooter is standing in his house watching the kids loot the neighbor's house, OK. I think that will give us more of an "apples to apples" comparison.

Thanks

 

You are correct again.

 

I know it's hard, bro. I wrote it in English:

Altavista's Babelfish may help out, if still having a tough time.

You'll forgive my skepticism that a pinhead on the likes of Horn, amped as he was, and knowledgeable about his newfound "rights" under the law and (by the transcript) as jazzed as he wuz to exrsize those rights, will very carefully distinguish kids with hockey masks on their face, their halloween bags loaded to the ground, creeping inches from his nayber's door, from "illegals" on the likes of the two guys he murdered.

 

You mean Illogical English.

 

No, I mean the English where usage dictates one doesn't capitalize "Illogical" in "illogical English."

 

I mean ILLOGICAL nonsense.

Maybe the robber’s having heard campaigns for securing the border and were raising money for the cause. They did not have their papers and could not fill out the I-9 papers to secure a job. Wanting to help secure the border they had to steal to help the cause. Not aware that Horn would mistake them for common thieves and not border secures they were shot trying to make America a better place.

Maybe the secure the border groups should be charged.

 

I should say that this thread has been a load of laughs, though the issue here is anything but funny

 

Agreed by all I'm sure.

 

Your sarcasm is noted, however, I thought that I should at least give you an opportunity to rewrite, given that your had elected to ignore two very important FACTS that pertained to the case. Given the career path you have chosen, or maybe just a hobby (no slight intended), I would think that being a law enforcement tactition/trainer (is that correct?) that it would not be fair in the interest of justice and to all parties involved if you did not present all of the FACTS of the case. I'm betting that you do not make this kind of mistake in your day job/hobby.

In the quoted reply above you again attempt to manipulate the discussion with another "what if" scenario. The statement above has no relevance to the case at hand and no bearing on our discussion.

Joe Horn is not a pinhead. His neighbors love him and the city of Houston overwhelmingly think of him as a hero.

I think that you just don't like the Texas law that makes Joe Horn's actions legal.

 

Just because the law lets you do something, doesn't necessarily mean that you should do it or that it is proper to do so.

 

It is proper to do so if a person chooses.

We can "what if" forever and the never ending discussion will not change the fact that Mr. Horn was within his rights.

 

Yes, that is true.

 

I think the main issue is not whether what horn did was legal or within his rights or whatever.
It's whether it was a morally/ethically right/wrong or justifiable act.

 

It was moral,ethically, right, and a justifiable act.

 

Yes, and back in the day it was within your rights as a white man to own a black man. It is not moral now and, even though legal, was never moral then.

Do you get it? Just because it is legal does not make it right or morally correct. That is what the adults are discussing.

Of course, you just attack anyone who dares question the propriety of the shooting as supporting criminals or some other bullshit argument. Maybe you should go back to where you are more comfortable - defending Jesse Helms moral stands.

 

What does slavery and Helms have to do with this thread. I'm not defending Helms moral standard. Stay on topic. When did it become immoral to defend ones property? It hasn't

 

I don't know about this. Our society is so soft on criminals and everything has to be soooo PC, AND every day criminals avoid justice on technicalities. I know that you guys will hate to hear this, but it's good to see when occaisionally justice is served without all the bullsh*t.

We, as a society are really nice to our criminals. We spend millions upon millions each year to house them, feed them, educate them, and provide the quality of health care that half of America cannot afford. Our penal system is broken, plain and simple.

 

We are soft on criminals. All Jails in the US should be run like Sheriff Joe Arpaio runs his.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio created the "tent city jail"
He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them. He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took away their weights. Cut off all but "G" movies. He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects. Then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn't get sued for discrimination. He took away cable TV until he found out there was a federal court order that required cable TV for jails so he hooked up the cable TV again with only the Disney channel and the weather channel. When asked why the weather channel he replied, "So they will know how hot it's gonna be while they are working on my chain gangs."
He cut off coffee since it has zero nutritional value. When the inmates complained, he told them, "This isn't the Ritz/Carlton -- If you don't like it, don't come back." He bought Newt Gingrich's lecture series on tape that he pipes into the jails. When asked by a reporter if he had any lecture series by a Democrat, he replied that a democratic lecture series might explain why a lot of the inmates were in his jails in the first place.

 

This can be a sore subject for thieves, burglars, robbers, gangsters and all other type of criminals.

The two deaths were unfortunate, the punishment was excessive.
The MthrFcr that purposely broke my window (on my investment property) with a large stone is still alive and well and smoking marijuana, not working and living on welfare.