I am sorry to so bang on about this, and sooner or later no doubt I will just 'blog on', but really you guys. I thought that we stood for good, justice and the American way. Since when does that involve cold blooded murder of your enemy without even giving them a chance to surrender? Its kind of like shooting the guy in the Western in the back as he walks his 50 paces.....

What about this quote from a reader- is he for real?

I don't know what town you live in, but suppose there was someone in your town who went about blowing up school busses full of children. AND, you knew who it was. AND, he commnaded a large gang of thugs, so the police couldn't just go in and arrest him. He'd been warned many times to stop killing your children, but WOULD NOT STOP. What would you do. You. It's all in your hands. YOU'RE THE MAN! Do something.

IF there was a direct confrontation, and IF I had given him the chance to come quietly, OR if he was putting my life in jeopardy so I had to act quickly, sure I would kill him.

But, if I plotted his murder in cold blood and shot him outside his church without any warning, I would be sent to prison.

Murder is different to trying to apprehend someone and killing them or direct self defence. No this isnt self defence as there WAS an alternative to killing him- its called capture and trial.

Hope that is clear.

But what is more important is that IF anyone would put an opportunitstic joke around about the murder I had just committed it would be seen as very poor taste. The joke, as Josh has since confesssed was an old one anyway (last Sept I remember seeing it and thinking it was funny THEN).

It is just a matter of taste, decorum and all that. Can anyone seriously tell me that cold blooded murder is ever right?