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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-09-06 03:45 PM
Response to Reply #81
84. Right.
If the police arrest a bank robber or a murderer, it isn't "revenge." It's justice. The police don't decide not to arrest a robber or murderer, because the criminal might get mad. Or because the criminal's family might not approve of the arrest. No, the community correctly expects the police to make that arrest. The community cheers them on, because they recognize that this helps reinforce their community values.

Can you imagine any DUers saying that it would be wrong to arrest a bank robber or murderer? That the community should instead concentrate on trash removal? No, that's some stick-in-the-mud thinking, if you ask me.
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