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[winterbadger]

One board I read had a thread on the Sean Taylor shooting. One poster responded, "I sincerely hope we catch the responsible party, as vengance and justice are far more satisfying than mourning and rememberance."

Apart from the typos, I find the essential nature of the sentiment expressed very... disturbing.

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[gr-c17.livejournal.com]

I thought you were the one that told me not to read those threads, as the person who has the time to write is most likely someone not to listen to.

In truth if you remove the word "vengance" it becomes something I can agree with. If the poster was in fact a relative or close friend, as opposed to a fan, that is.

[winterbadger]

Well, in my own defense :-) , I only read the thread because I forgot Sean Taylor was the name of the AmRF player, and I thought it was a member of the group (it's the Ironfist League board, and there are a number of people int he 'Fist I know just as 'Sean').

The poster was not, AFAIK, a relative or close friend of Mr Taylor. And I am pretty big on justice myself. It was the equation of vengeance with justice that I found 'upsettling' (as Neil Gaiman calls it), and the suggestion that violence is a better response to loss than remembrance. Just my inclinations.

[gr-c17.livejournal.com]

I think were in the same section of the ballpark, so to speak.

[calcinations.livejournal.com]

I know this is stereotypical, but it sounds like a very "american" comment, with all that implies, ie guns, eye for an eye, etc.

On the other hand, had they said "justice and remberance", that would have been fine, since both are big important and positive words, in a way that "vengeance and mourning" are not. THe latter implies, to me at least, the bad old days of careless sudden death and lynching the perpetrator. Whereas the former is much more civilised, which I prefer.