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In reply to the discussion: William Lynch Found Not Guilty in Beating of Priest He Said Sexually Abused Him [View all]TBF
(32,000 posts)10. I don't like violence at all BUT in this case
and the case here in Texas where the father found the guy in the act of abusing his 4-yr old and killed the guy - these are special cases.
The most I would do is make sure he get some sort of counseling - even after many years these wounds fester and I'd want to be sure he was getting the support he needed. But I don't think I could vote to convict him given the details.
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William Lynch Found Not Guilty in Beating of Priest He Said Sexually Abused Him [View all]
hue
Jul 2012
OP
"Two wrongs don't make a right," she said in her closing arguments on Monday.
bluestateguy
Jul 2012
#1
What about three or more wrongs? Because Lynch was just the last in line of a whole lot of wrongs
IndyJones
Jul 2012
#66
What specific outcome which could not be achieved in any other way except through violence...
LanternWaste
Jul 2012
#69
Satisfaction to the victim from a sense of justice delivered to the perpetrator. A vicarious sense
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2012
#70
Yeah that's the ticket, leave it to the felons to beat the crap out of him.
MichiganVote
Jul 2012
#23
There are a few people who I would beat to a pulp if I knew I could get away with it
Kolesar
Jul 2012
#6
It's possible to read this story and feel justice has and has not been done here.
Brickbat
Jul 2012
#8
I feel for the victim of child abuse. But you can't let people take the law into their own hands
Bucky
Jul 2012
#9
Fact is, if that priest's superiors had done the right things decades ago, that wouldn't have
IndyJones
Jul 2012
#65
Like how the RCC took justice into their own hands by covering up and moving predators from parish
IndyJones
Jul 2012
#67
Yes, the defendant (victim in the assault case) denied it. That's often the case. The prosecution
mzmolly
Jul 2012
#41
I meant to say the priest denied it. He was not the defendant in this particular suit.
Art_from_Ark
Jul 2012
#48
I would wonder about that too. Is it a good thing that someone can assault someone on the basis of a
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#37
This ruling and the viewpoints of some here that it was ok to assualt the guy cause me concern.
cstanleytech
Jul 2012
#32
No argument if it happened it was horrible but the point is people are being hypocrites.
cstanleytech
Jul 2012
#49
Sorry but I dont buy that sugar coating of it being "justice" in any shape or form and
cstanleytech
Jul 2012
#61
The statute of limitations already covers that unless of course if you meant
cstanleytech
Jul 2012
#64
Its moot as far as the law is concerned, if you want to abolish the statute of limitations
cstanleytech
Jul 2012
#73
No, I am trying to get it through your head that just because you believe it is justice does not
cstanleytech
Jul 2012
#76