i am not a nice man

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-479146/Brutality-justice-The-truth-tarred-feathered-drug-dealer.html

i chuckled over this
i think i could sign off on it in my hood
tar and feathers might work

[Gowen]

I have no problem with what was done.  I don't think you are not a nice man, you just like to see justice.  Something we are sorely missing now a days.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

i say not nice since i would do more than watch.  i've got a tar kettle

[grampster]

ye reap as ye sow, begorrah.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

you?  we elected you chairman while you were fixin lunch. 

[Harold Tuttle]

Yip, eventually the hamstrung police will look the other way while the citizens create justice.

[MillCreek]

I learned something today: the relatively low boiling point of tar at 140 degrees F (60 degrees C).  I always thought that boiling tar would cause severe burns to the recipient.  

I once heard a lecture at the UW Medical School from a famous orthopedic surgeon in Belfast.  He was lecturing on knee trauma from kneecapping.  For a while, Belfast had some of the best knee trauma surgeons in the world; and orthopedists from all over the world came there for training.  Much like the US military has trauma surgeons do fellowships at GW and other hospitals in Washington, DC: they get heavy exposure to treating gunshot wounds there.

[RoadKingLarry]

Being a more genteel vigilante I would opt to use the liquid roofing tar, goes on at room temp so no potential for burns.

[MillCreek]

^^^ I tell you: I learn so much here at APS!

[HankB]

Hmmm . . . tar . . . feathers . . . add some congresscritters, and you've got a GREAT combination. 

[sanglant]

don't forget the rail.

[Harold Tuttle]

I think modern spray adhesives and a reversed leafblower are FTW.

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

Hmmm . . . tar . . . feathers . . . add some congresscritters, and you've got a GREAT combination. 

Only if you set the tar on fire.

You should read about the Philippine Insurrection. Spanish-speaking peoples are second to none in the torture department. The Uzbeks and others are crude imitators. This is one reason why I'll never marry a Hispanic woman. Or man, for that matter.

I like the idea of a city where the criminals live in fear of the people.

[Nick1911]

Is it bad that I was sad that they didn't shove those 4 or 5 bags of crack down his throat first? 

[BReilley]

I like the idea of a city where the criminals live in fear of the people.

Hat's off for that.

Is it bad that I was sad that they didn't shove those 4 or 5 bags of crack down his throat first? 

I assume you're half-joking but, to be perfectly honest, I'd say the citizens practiced admirable restraint.
I guess that's the difference between the poor victimized drug dealer and the men(real men, if I may) who *only* made him look like a chicken.  Sure, they could've given him a miserable death, but instead they decided to use a rather humorous, non-permanent form of punishment.
Did anybody else notice that the writer gives the drug-dealing parasite the benefit of the doubt("alleged"), while not bothering to extend the same courtesy to the people who gave him far less than he deserved?  I mean, seriously... the guy is reported to be carrying jail-time amounts of cocaine and he's an alleged drug dealer - but the mob... no witnesses have come forth to identify the mob.  Seems like there isn't a preponderance of evidence to support an investigation into this "incident"

So what does our "legalize it" crowd think of this one?

[sanglant]

you know the aztec's method worked better.

[lee n. field]

no witnesses have come forth to identify the mob.

Reminds me of Ken Rex McElroy.

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

I was amused by the Brit author's mention of the practice in 18th century America.

In America, this technique was used in the 18th century, when the criminal was covered in tar and feathers before being paraded through the town on the back of a horse-drawn cart. According to records from the time, the "aim was to hurt and humiliate a person enough to leave town and cause no more mischief".

Yeah, criminals were the ones who got tarred and feathered here.  Had nothing to do with uppity Brit tax collectors thinking they deserved our money more than we did.

 

[roo_ster]

If gov't doesn't hold up its end of the bargain, the governed will have to fill the breach.

I like the idea of criminals fearing to walk the streets. 

[MicroBalrog]

So what does our "legalize it" crowd think of this one?

A lot of people who deal in drugs also use a variety of violent techniques and are downright murderous.

I would talk more about my family's experience with both the kind of people who merely distribute cocaine and heroin and the scumbags who cut it with poison or injure others.

In general, though, I am opposed to this kind of conduct.

In the former case, I would defend the citizen in question. I am not a massive tower of combat efficiency, nor am I armed, but there you go.

In the latter case... I lost a family member to an idiot like that.

[HankB]

This is the "feel good" story of the day.   

. . . I'd say the citizens practiced admirable restraint.

Amen!

I was amused by the Brit author's mention of the practice in 18th century America.

In America, this technique was used in the 18th century, when the criminal was covered in tar and feathers before being paraded through the town on the back of a horse-drawn cart. According to records from the time, the "aim was to hurt and humiliate a person enough to leave town and cause no more mischief".

Yeah, criminals were the ones who got tarred and feathered here.  Had nothing to do with uppity Brit tax collectors thinking they deserved our money more than we did.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFWZ925zK0A&feature=related

I wouldn't mind seeing this remedy applied to some politicians . . . 

[AJ Dual]

I say we legalize drugs so they're behind the counter where kids can't get them (as easily), and that would save tar and feathers for child molesters.

 

[Hawkmoon]

Disappointing, to say the least.

The question is, at what price? Vigilante justice betrays all the values that were supposedly being defended in the long fight against terrorism. We tolerate it at our peril.

This follows the paragraph in which the author relates that in Belfast, honest folks can walk the streets at night and criminals are afraid to do so. And for some twisted reason, the author seems to have a problem with that.

This is where formerly-Great Britain has arrived ... making apologies for the fact that criminals are afraid of honest people.

[MechAg94]

I say we legalize drugs so they're behind the counter where kids can't get them (as easily), and that would save tar and feathers for child molesters.

 

Notice that the people were tolerant of marijuana, but it was the hard drugs they were upset about. 

As said above, the govt fails in its duties, I think it is the duty and right of honest citizens to take action.  They should first take action in the ballot box though. 

[MicroBalrog]

Notice that the people were tolerant of marijuana, but it was the hard drugs they were upset about. 

I am not sure why you think that matters.