Reply #10: Poor criminal just wanted to steal

[danalytical]

from a church. Honestly I don't like the fact that these people actually beat a man with baseball bats, but on the other hand how do you know these people weren't scared out of their wits but sick of being burglarized? Imagine a bunch of church going family men waiting around a church at night with bats, and then someone breaks in... These people were probably a lot scared, yet determined to stop their church from constantly being burglarized while the criminal kept getting away. I would err on the side of the church goers first, I bet they just wanted to subdue him with as little risk to themselves as possible, and at the same time stop the constant break ins. I know when dealing with someone crazy and desperate enough to risk harm to themselves by robbing someone else, that I should avoid any potential bodily fluid contact. I was robbed in Vancouver BC when I was a teen on a road trip, I found a heroin addicted bum the next morning with my sweatshirt on and it was covered with blood. On one hand I wanted to beat the guy to the ground, on the other I didn't want to risk being infected with some disease. All I'm pointing out is that, these people might just have been scared and fed up. It is also possible that they are a bunch of fundie wackos, I'll concede that.