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   From: efor6920@bigpond.net.au   
      
   "David Johnston"  wrote in message   
   news:km5u729kisovviphvam3l9m3le0opnre6f@4ax.com...   
   > On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:31:15 -0400, Josh Rambo   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> WHO DECIDES?   
   >>>   
   >>> What if you're mistaken or simply wrong?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>Who decides? Society of course. If there's a great outcry from the   
   >>community when you try to prosecute the killer, then the deceased needed   
   >>killing.   
   >   
   > Now that's a dangerous road to walk.  The pivotal moment when Japan   
   > abandoned democracy was when the public decided it was fine to kill   
   > politicians as long as you were doing it out of sincere patriotic   
   > sentiment.   
   >   
      
   David and I seldom completely agree on anything, however this is one of   
   those rare occassions when i agree with him completely and unconditionally,   
   mob mentality and justice are mutually exclusive concepts   
      
   Cheers   
   Fozzi   
      
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