Anger, defense, and retribution are all good things in the hands of good men.
Take that away from them or criminalize them for it, there will be nobody to defend you or society when the bad men, who are equally equipped and will never jettison those traits, walk in unopposed, almost mockingly so and destroy your lives.
And yeah, I'm engaging in "sensationalism."
When Alaric heard that the people were trained and ready to fight, he said that thicker grass was easier to mow than thinner and laughed broadly at the ambassadors, but when they turned to discuss peace he used expressions excessive even for an arrogant barbarian: he declared that he would not give up the siege unless he got all the gold and silver in the city, as well as all movable property and the barbarian slaves. When one of the ambassadors asked what he would leave for the citizens if he took these, he replied: 'Their lives.'
ReplyDelete- Zosimus, Historia Nova
http://winteryknight.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/many-of-obamas-young-supporters-now-unemployed-living-with-parents/
ReplyDeleteFeel that hopey change, kiddos!
Lucretia had been raped by the son of the King:
ReplyDelete"As for me, though I acquit myself of guilt, I do not discharge myself from punishment; nor shall any woman survive her dishonour by pleading the example of Lucretia." She plunged a knife, which she kept concealed beneath her garment, into her heart, and falling forward on the wound, dropped down expiring.
The leaders of Roman society were so shocked at the debauchery of the King's son, they launched a revolution immediately and founded the Roman Republic. Thus the liberty of Rome lay in the violated honor of a single woman.