It's too bad the guy got his self-control back too late, but it's obvious he's not a psycho.

For the whoop-whoop thugs here I'm guessing they simply don't understand why that fact is so important.

there's not really enough info the article to draw any conclusions.

WTF? Now you're completely ignoring everyone's point: nobody here is saying violence isn't sometimes necessary and yes, sometimes it's deserved. What you seem to gleefully ignore is the point at which the violence becomes excessive. I'd hazard a guess that probably 100% of the world's population would agree that, unless death is the intended result, that beating someone close to death is acceptable given the right circumstances.

And I'm sorry...but ffs...the example quoted above from U4EA is utterly retarded. Why? Because I'd guess that the single sociopath with a knife would eventually run into someone like me: someone who doesn't think violence is the first and only response, but will not shy away from violence if pressed. I've clearly stated in the past my beliefs that if someone fully intends to kill you and there's no reasoning with them, then violence to the point of their death is acceptable. Beating someone to death in a fit of rage is not.

You talk about "living in a world that really, REALLY wants to believe that it's civilized, but it's not" and then you point out the fact that you'd love to punch the douche in the assholish t-shirt but don't. I'm sorry, but ffs man...that's exactly what "civilized" means: having violent impulses - because we are animals - but not always acting on them. Nobody is that fucking stupid as to deny humanity's origins and violent tendancies. The ones that DO act on them have something called "antisocial personality disorder" and tend to be uncivilized pretty much every day. You know full-well as anyone here that nearly all laws in every aspect try to mitigate the damage done by psychopaths, to varying success. But if you think that western culture is uncivilized and is not even trying to be then you haven't seen what being uncivilzed means.

And seriously...be anti-government, pro-violence (in the right circumstances) and pro-gun all you want (aim at targets and not people) but if you join a militia and practice shooting FBI agents in the bush then you're probably a fucking nutter. And because I'm sure you aren't a fucking idiot I'm confident you already know this.

Nightshade and sys0p are even slower than LawL. I'll say it plainly here: I do have a daughter, so in your views I should be fully qualitfied to talk.

However, I do take offense in the notion that simply because I wouldn't beat a man to death it would automatically mean I do not love my daughter.

I think I'm done discussing this subject with retards like Nightshade and sys0p. Lets just hope you never suspect anyone of harassing your kids, because the poor sod may just end up dead without having laid a finger on anyone.

Shithead I already explained to you why I felt you were going over the top with your arguments. And yeah...I do think people who are "eager jump to seriously violent acts" without knowing any of the facts are indeed fucked in the head and are part of the reason you think civilization is going into the shitter. You say society is uncivilized and then cheer when it's not. Who exactly are you supporting here?

Yeah...the guy diddled a little girl. We know what happened now and the asshole deserved his death. The difference between our approaches is that I decided to wait until I knew what happened before cheering a beating death. I didn't do it by default. What part of this are you not understanding?