BagseedSamurai
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Wow.
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Killing killers. In science / logic, that's called a positive cycle. What would happen is.. okay, we have a killer. Dude has murderered three people and a little hampster. He is convicted, and gets out of jail. So vigilante A of whatever-town-you-live-in, hears this, goes on and bashes the convict's head in with some blunt object. Now, say this vigilante never murdered anyone before this. He has now become a killer. So the police tag him, bag him, and cart him off to jail. There, Mr. El Prezeedente of cell block B goes and takes his beef out on the vigilante.
Like begets like. For real.
If you go around all eye-for-an-eye, you are not going to have a society. You are going to have a place where people fully capable of being citizens of a community now have to fight for the basic necessities of life. No, I am not saying that this behavior will cause a downfall (as I am a firm beleiver in Darwin's theories, and the Darwin Awards), but what I am saying is that beast-like behavior when responding to similar "offenses" only creates a vacuum by which wisdom or civility can never escape.
As for moving or going to a better town. Holy crap.
Yes, moving to the county is great to get away from the "city animals" but there are people in the country who are just as bad, if not worse than what you can find on the street of the worst town, USA. I know this because I've lived in city and country. Each have their own benefit and failings.
I say the OP did the best thing possible. He called the police before going outside. At least then, if he got shot, ambulance and cops were already en route (hopefully). He had a friend, so 3 v 2 is not as bad as the poor sap who was 3:1 just a second ago. Another had it right when they said "not in my front yard."
All this shit is subjective. Getting pissy with how someone else handles right and wrong puts no one else in a position to judge. As if going outside with a pistol and popping off a few rounds into them, even if they HADN'T ran, would be any smarter? If the three guys weren't carrying guns, your ass would be in jail, too. What, then?
OP: It's not every day someone steps into potential danger for someone they don't know. You done good in my book. Keep it up.