re: Parents should read ‘Why Gary, Why?” By Jody Plauche

There’s another video on YouTube that shows the POS on the ground with the hole in his head as he does the death wiggle. to you Gary and good luck with the book Jody!

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I didn't know you could read.

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This seems like a pretty intelligent message board, I'd bet that at least 85% of the people here can read.

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In my head this whole time I’ve been saying “plowsh” not “plawshay”

The more you know......

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Well, these are Cajun French names. The last letter is (usually) silent unless it’s a vowel.

Also, the perp’s last name, Doucet, isn’t pronounced “Dow-sett;” it’s pronounced “Du-say.”

Gary's shooting of Doucet is my primary "go-to" example for the role of vengeance in our justice system for crimes of violence and sexual abuse.

These days, the en vogue opinion of the educated is that retributive justice is outdated and banal. Smart, compassionate, evidence-oriented societies want rehabilitative justice where we remake bad people into good people. Everyone gets a redemption arc. Those on the extreme end of this spectrum of opinion are fine with 10 year sentences for cold-blooded murderers. They want those people to have TVs, playstations, good food, excellent health care, and fulfilling hobbies while they serve their compassionately brief sentences. There is obviously no room for something as barbaric as the death penalty in such a humane, smug worldview.

And yet, almost everyone in this thread agrees that Gary Plauche did something right by blowing Doucet's brains out on TV. That's because justice systems were originally invented to provide redress that would slake the thirst for vigilante action. Societies just work better when inter-family generational feuds are not the primary means of enforcing the law. But when the justice system fails to slake that thirst, we praise the Gary Plauches of the world for setting things right.

The truth is that "justice" is not without an element of vengeance. Part of justice has always been, and must always be, punitive in nature. It is no coincidence that the ones who have forgotten this tend to live in rich, safe societies and neighborhoods where there is comparatively little risk of becoming a victim.

But Tigerlaff, what about when we mete out capital punishment to an innocent man in error? Isn't that reason enough to end it?

No. We need a way to legally kill the worst among us to avoid vigilantism.

But what about giving the state too much power? Should governments be able to kill us?

Governments have been killing us in every context imaginable for thousands of years and that is never going to stop, no matter how woke and Scandinavian our prisons and courts become.

Just ordered one. Can't wait to read it.

I don't blame your dad. I have a kid and I'd want to kill someone that hurt her.

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JodyPlauche

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Played basketball against you when you were at WHS. We beat y'all

damn, that was a mississippi river flowing out of his head. geez.

props to pops.