The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Perpetrators absolve their harmful behavior as serving worthy causes.
Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.
I think if we wish to live in any kind of a moral universe, we must hold the perpetrators of violence responsible for the violence they perpetrate. It's very simple. The criminal is responsible for the crime.
If somebody plans to carry out a series of murders... then this is obviously an evil and pre-meditated attack and in that case, there could be a deterrent effect.
Direct threats require decisive action.
It is manifest that the only security against the tyranny of the government lies in forcible resistance to the execution of the injustice; because the injustice will certainly be executed, unless it be forcibly resisted.
Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition.
Our first responsibility in the midst of violence is to prevent it from destroying us.
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.
Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.