09-21-2008, 09:46 AM
Culture may not carry ethical weight with any of us, when it comes to certain activities, but when culture has power in the state (meaning the government, not state of the union), it is a reality to be reckoned with.
I think it's excessive that they cane people for spitting in Singapore, or hang people for possessing hashish in Thailand, but they do. It is their culture.
THIS state may be one of the 50 now, but it was built in large part by people from Asia and the Philippines, and their ways are traditional here, whether you like it or not.
Do you think that the police couldn't stop these activities if they really truly wanted to? Do you think none of them have cousins etc. who attend?
As for the vigilante remark, I still think you guys are talking excessively about violence in response to a non-existent threat. You're talking like you live in some castle or stockade surrounded by hostiles coming after you and yours.
That is not the case, and I really feel it is over the top to start posting about shooting and killing people to protect you and yours. You are not under siege here and it's just throwing a lot of unnecessary emotional rhetoric into the discussion.
When roaming bands of dog raiders and child killers actually start taking down Punawebbers, their children, and their pets, then it would make sense to take a position on how you will respond to defend yourselves. But that isn't the reality, or the likely reality, so why even go there? [?] It's simply inflammatory.
I think it's excessive that they cane people for spitting in Singapore, or hang people for possessing hashish in Thailand, but they do. It is their culture.
THIS state may be one of the 50 now, but it was built in large part by people from Asia and the Philippines, and their ways are traditional here, whether you like it or not.
Do you think that the police couldn't stop these activities if they really truly wanted to? Do you think none of them have cousins etc. who attend?
As for the vigilante remark, I still think you guys are talking excessively about violence in response to a non-existent threat. You're talking like you live in some castle or stockade surrounded by hostiles coming after you and yours.
That is not the case, and I really feel it is over the top to start posting about shooting and killing people to protect you and yours. You are not under siege here and it's just throwing a lot of unnecessary emotional rhetoric into the discussion.
When roaming bands of dog raiders and child killers actually start taking down Punawebbers, their children, and their pets, then it would make sense to take a position on how you will respond to defend yourselves. But that isn't the reality, or the likely reality, so why even go there? [?] It's simply inflammatory.