Seattle bus passengers tackle robber

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

I have to wonder just how litigious we are compared to other nations. It often said that the criminal has more rights then you do.

Interesting take on that question: https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&s...qj5GPBR2faJVaA

Maybe not more litigious but more prone to hearing cases that would be thrown out elsewhere.

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by August

Yeah probation isn't even warranted given he didn't actually kill four people and cripple two more.

It's okay because it's all been explained.

[Jimbuna]

[vienna]

There is a Tv program in the US called "Person of Interest". The show is about a man who creates an artificial intelligence computer for the government with the sole function being the constant surveilance of all communications and video feeds with the purpose of predicting serious acts of terrorism. All other crimes predicted against regular citizens are considered "irrelevant" and discarded by the "Machine". The creator comes to the realization that something should be done to at least try to save the "irrelevant" victims of serious, murderous crimes, so he fashions a means of retrieving the "irrelevant" cases and, with the assistance of a former CIA assassin, whom the government tried to kill and believes to be dead, sets out to stop those "irrelevant" crimes before they happen. Along the way they enlist the assistance of two NYPD homicide detectives, one of whom has been actively trying to bring down a massive crime syndicate composed of crooked cops. The detective succeeds in finally bringing down the syndicate, but the second in command of the syndicate escapes and later ambushes the detective and kills her right outside the police station and seriously wounds the assassin. This sets in motion a viscious wave of revenge as the creator of the machine and the friends of the detective seek the killer. He is finally caught by the slain detective's partner who, rather than kill the murderer, turns him in alive rather than stoop to the level of the corrupt cop...

The slain detective had made a rather uneasy "friendship" with a crime king pin named Elias who felt a debt to her since she saved his life after he had been targeted for murder by the corrupt cop syndicate. When the detective's killer is brought to the hospital for treatment, Elias shows up, in the shadows, and confronts the killer, to avenge the detective's death. The character speaks a line that I found inreresting:

"Civilization rests on the principle that we treat our criminals better than they treated their victims. That we not stoop to their level."

I found this interesting because it is so true; but, at the same time, I sometimes rather wish it wasn't...

Here is a clip of the scene:




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[TarJak]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

C'mon it wasn't that bad a joke.

[Jimbuna]

I must be getting shorter in imagination as I age.

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I must be getting shorter in imagination as I age.

Somethings definitely gotten shorter with old age.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by TarJak

Somethings definitely gotten shorter with old age.

You wouldn't like it hanging off the end of your nose as a wart

You Guys!

[TarJak]

[Jimbuna]

Well that has made my Xmas...I only hope the wife will agree

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Well that has made my Xmas...I only hope the wife will agree

[vienna]

"Ah, yes, she ran the full gamut of emotions, from A to B..."


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[Onkel Neal]

Man. that tooks some guts to drab that guy's gun. The robber really didn't look like he had his heart in it.