[Vedderman]

Originally Posted by upsmanpa ↗

shoot him on site, save the taxpayers the expense of the trial.

You do realize that if this absurd attitude was actually in practice far more 'innocent' people would be dying every day. The benefit of a trial by jury for the criminally accused is one of the hallmarks of civilized society and has been for almost 1000 years. Dispensing with it as you seem to advocate would plunge any nation into depths of barbarism that have not been seen in the West in centuries.

If you have no interest in living within the strictures of a civilized country, then perhaps you should find a cave somewhere in the wilderness where you can simply shoot everyone who doesn't meet your standards and bury them without fear of reprisal.

The fact that 'normal' people in this world have the ethical temerity to express viewpoints such as yours terrifies me far more than the fear of some random neighbor going batshit and shooting me on my porch.