Originally Posted By: NickD90
Oregonian - I see the point you are trying to make, but its a BIG stretch to compare a lone wolf killer to our founding fathers. A single idiot does not a movement make. My post was about a normal brained, singular personal responsibility response in our judicial modern era. The brits did not hold sway on a court system anywhere near what we've created since (jury of peers and all that). Hyperbole much? C'mon man...


We agree that what this guy did was wrong, I just don't really believe he could have simply appealled or "lawyered up" and got anywhere. I think he would have had to get public opinion on his side first.....and how is one man going to do that on a non-level playing field ?