[user104658]

Hopefully it's true. Obviously these gangs need to be dealt with, and harshly, but accepting mindless thug vigilantism from the likes of Robinson is not the way to go about it. Some people might not mind being dragged into the gutter "for the greater good", but it would take a LOT to convince me that it's an acceptable path.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Hopefully it's true. Obviously these gangs need to be dealt with, and harshly, but accepting mindless thug vigilantism from the likes of Robinson is not the way to go about it. Some people might not mind being dragged into the gutter "for the greater good", but it would take a LOT to convince me that it's an acceptable path.

You don't deserve to live in a free country, with that attitude.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Alf

You don't deserve to live in a free country, with that attitude.

For believing that it's a good thing for a known violent thug who has violated his parole conditions to be taken off the streets? He isn't above the law and he knew the conditions of his parole. He chose to break them, probably believing that his minor celebrity and social media following would somehow protect him. He was incorrect.

Like I said, sometimes his goals are understandable and dare I say it, well-meaning, but supporting an aggressive extremist - as that's exactly what he is - will never be the right way of doing it.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

For believing that it's a good thing for a known violent thug who has violated his parole conditions to be taken off the streets? He isn't above the law and he knew the conditions of his parole. He chose to break them, probably believing that his minor celebrity and social media following would somehow protect him. He was incorrect.

Like I said, sometimes his goals are understandable and dare I say it, well-meaning, but supporting an aggressive extremist - as that's exactly what he is - will never be the right way of doing it.

What aggression or violence was he carrying out at the time?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

What aggression or violence was he carrying out at the time?

I wasn't implying that he was, he was arrested in this case for violating the terms of his parole . And that I don't really understand why people are adamant that he shouldn't have been, and that I have little sympathy for him, on the basis that he's a thug who is doing nothing at all to help these issues no matter how much he would like to believe that he is.

At the very LEAST, he knew fine well that he was at risk of violating his terms of parole, and he chose to do so. Perhaps believing that nothing would come of it, perhaps not caring. Either way, his situation is entirely of his own making.

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Alf

You don't deserve to live in a free country, with that attitude.