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Originally Posted by Outlaw

The above is the most overused and asinine statement possible in this argument. Prisons are FULL of murderers who, "didn't mean to hurt anyone". The INNOCENT people they killed are still just as dead. I could care less why anyone breaks into my house. They make that CHOICE at their own risk.

--Outlaw.

And you know what? I actually believe them that they didn't want to hurt others.
Do not misunderstand me, this does not excuse what they do, they deserve punishment.
After that you can become all emotional, sophisticated ape style, raging about guilt and how they deserve their fate and all the usual rightousness. Its modern fashion to be that simplistic, I would not blame you.

Or you can try to be a bit more rational, you know, that bit of brain capability that once used to differ us from the common animal, even against emotions, and ask yourself why these ppl became murderers despite their stated intentions. And once you developed a clue, you could try to make people aware of the circumstances involving the issue and thus not improve the lives of the people surrounding you, but actually give those people enough perspective to get some real goals in life. Ppl with a goal won't go killing.

This is not about nandy pansy nanny understanding, this simply is about putting away your stomach for a moment.

The latter once was an upheld virtue of western societies and culture. That intellectual decline has a lot to do with the decline of the west in general.