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To: tejek who wrote (300545)	8/18/2006 2:33:36 AM
From: RMF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578683

If the 8 year old kid takes that money and goes out and buys rockets and fires them into the neighborhood you can bet that the neighbors are gonna grab that kid AND his oldman and throw BOTH of them against a wall. Hezbollah started it by grabbing a couple Israeli soldiers. They weren't 8 year old kids and they also weren't 8 year old kids when they piled up 15,000 rockets and built bunkers to fire them from. Hezbollah precipitated everything. Israel did a lousy job of responding, but if your kid had been kidnapped you probably wouldn't necessarily try to be thoughtful of the repercussions to the kidnapper's accomplices in getting your kid back.

To: tejek who wrote (300545)	8/18/2006 5:25:33 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1578683

Your analogy is off the mark. Let me counter with a more analogous analogy... Your neighbor's teenager is a known delinquent. He has killed neighborhood cats and dogs. Then one day, he kidnaps your son. You know he did it because your wife saw him do it, but the local police don't take any action. Therefore, you take matters into your own hands. You go over to his house and brush his parents aside and start beating him senseless until he finally tells you where your son is. Would you say the punishment is reasonable or proportionate?