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Would you take the law into your own hands if the legal system failed you??

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    #32
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    Yes, if they harmed my cat.. ;):)


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    #33
    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,035 ✭✭✭OU812


    Yes I would, but at the exact moment they were having their genitals hacked off with a Stanley knife, I'd be in a Garda station having photos stamped for a passport renewal


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    #34
    Tubbs4
    Registered Users Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Tubbs4


    the is to lock them up for 6 years. So i would keep them in my house and only allow them 1 hour outside time while feeding them.
    Oh wait no the law here has no death sentence. So you could do nothing


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    #35
    HondaSami
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,713 ✭✭✭HondaSami


    I would want too, it's natural to want revenge if someone you love is hurt but would not do it myself.


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    #36
    jessiejam
    Registered Users Posts: 778 ✭✭✭jessiejam


    No I don't think I could if it was something that was done to me. I would want to and would play out every sort of revenge in my head but when push came to shove I know i would back out. Simply because of the guilt or consequences.

    For my children however probably a different matter. Knowing me, I would react in haste and kill the perpetrator. And deal with the consequences at a later date.

    I hope to never be in that position though.

    I feel really angry now having run those horrible thoughts through my head:mad:


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    #37
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    Stealth Recce wrote: »
    I dunno....

    comeuppance?

    I think I love this word.


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    #38
    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    I wouldn't but my dog might ;)


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    #39
    dj jarvis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,485 ✭✭✭dj jarvis


    gurramok wrote: »
    Yes, if they harmed my cat.. ;):)

    :eek: - you just dont give up the cat krazy do you ;)


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    #40
    cassid
    Registered Users Posts: 811 ✭✭✭cassid


    Calm me now, I will put my faith in the justice system and allow due process to convict the wrong doer.

    But if anybody raped/abused my children, I think I would want blood, just the thoughts of anything like that happening to my children, I think I would abandon all my current beliefs and be haunted seeking revenge. I have often seen people talking about forgiving wrong doers who have killed/ raped their children. I think that takes an extraordinary person to do this. I understand the logic on it now, that the crime can't be undone and bitterness/desire for revenge would only further exacerbate my pain and will only damage my quality of life.

    If something happened to my hubbie or other members of my extended family, I don't think I would be as intent on revenge at any cost. Maybe its because my children are still very young and need protecting or I just love them more, I don’t know really.


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    #41
    galwayrush
    Registered Users Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    I wouldn't talk about it.


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    #42
    burgermasters
    Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭burgermasters


    Without a shadow of a doubt


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    #43
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    How did this thread get 43 replies without someone making a "Taken" reference?

    After Hours, I am disappoint!


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    #44
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 33,016 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Insect Overlord wrote: »
    How did this thread get 43 replies without someone making a "Taken" reference?

    Because you're the only idiot who actually watched it...?:D

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    #45
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Ikky Poo2 wrote: »
    Because you're the only idiot who actually watched it...?:D

    No, no, that was the sequel! Liam Neeson's monologue in the first film belongs in this thread, dammit!


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    #46
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    It did fail me and I did to answer your question.


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    #47
    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    Of course I would, it's how TV raised me.


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    #48
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    The law fails us all the time.

    Closing hours in Off Licence/pubs.
    Making criminals out of peaceful people for their choice of drug.
    Going easy on white collar criminals.
    Limited liability for people who expect a return on their investment regardless of how evil the corporation is.


    etc


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    #49
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    spoonface wrote: »
    As the old proverb says, he who is intent on revenge must first dig 2 graves...

    Zombies?


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    Difference Engine
    Registered Users Posts: 138 ✭✭Difference Engine


    WoollyRedHat wrote: »

    Zombies?

    In case there was any witnesses?


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    #51
    goz83
    Registered Users Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭goz83


    Difference Engine wrote: »
    In case there was any witnesses?

    That's what fire and wood chippers are for.

    Besides, if the Spanish can get horses into our burgers, surely we can get humans into theirs :)


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    #52
    Tonyandthewhale
    Registered Users Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭Tonyandthewhale


    I very much doubt it.

    If something bad happens to me or someone I hold dear I'm interested in doing what I can to prevent or minimise the risk of it happening again. I am not interested in punishment for punishment's sake. Revenge makes me feel petty and dis-satisfied.


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