(07-01-2023, 09:11 AM)Ronster Wrote:

(07-01-2023, 05:58 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: That's not a good idea.  No one should be allowed to appoint themselves judge, jury, and executioner.  Seriously, if that is what you are saying, you should rethink that.

Whatever, if you [BLEEP] with my kids or Grandkids or ANY child in my world, I will destroy you, I promise. I’m tired of this [BLEEP]. Leave the damn kids alone.

My step Granddaughter was molested by her mom’s Boyfriend almost two years ago, he’s in jail now, but it took time too gather the proof to even get him arrested. She told her [BLEEP] “mom” what was happening and she ignored it. Luckily, they are stupid people and we had text and video. 

He even also molested his own Son…He still hasn’t gone to trial yet…


Her Dad wanted to go shoot him, I wanted too as well. We almost went, but we have other people that we responsible for; that need us to not be in jail. 

I tell you this, if I ever do see him again and I’m able, I’m going to ground and pound his sorry [BLEEP]…

As for my Granddaughter, she’s a trooper, 12 now. We don’t treat her differently than the other kids and she’s adjusting well. She’s in therapy and refuses to see her [BLEEP] mother. But, you can tell, her innocence is dead, she’ll never get that back….

That's really sad.  I'm sorry you're all going through this.  
I'm glad you gathered the evidence and told the police.  I'm sure you wanted to kill him at the time, and that feels right on a lot of levels, except, (1) as you correctly point out, you would go to jail, and that would make matters worse, (2) what if all of this is fake, someone framing this guy who wants him dead? We need to have trials for these things.  

In parts of Africa and South Asia the people get so upset about accusations of blasphemy that they will form mobs and just kill the accused person with no trial.  Outside sociologists have repeatedly found that the people killed this way, regardless of if they were blasphemous, were simply people on the margins of society who were trying to do ordinary things like collect back paychecks and other debts from well liked and powerful people.  The point is, if you let there be a circumstance in society where mob execution is acceptable, bad people will exploit that, and the wrong people will die.  Back in the days when lynching black men accused of flirting with white women was acceptable, the pattern was similar.  Often the victim was simply trying to collect a business debt.  Old white guy doesn't want to pay up, finds a way to persuade the neighbors that the black guy was alone with a white woman somewhere.

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