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No you are reading it entirely wrong. Have another go!

Even through your incandescent rage, surely you can see the difference between "taking the side of a criminal" and not wanting to take someones life for burglary?

Do i actually mean what? That there are more reasons that people get invovlved in burglery than that they are evil and deserve to be shot? Do i mean that i am glad the law doesn't take a knee jerk emotive stance when deciding or applying the law? Yes to both. Quite how this means that it is...

Yep and the answer lies somewhere in the middle. There is a balance at which things will work well. At present we do not have that balance. Many people have neither opportunity nor wealth while a few people have both.

So a kid is standing face to face with the homeowner of the house they are burgling. What got them to this point? a string of bad decisions, a drug habit, who knows? it happens? They are really a good kid, they just need some help to get back on track, to put their life back toegether. The home...

I have vision of you clobbering that nasty robber with your wifes Prada handbag!! The nasty fella deserves it too.

the whole system is failing, we should be looking towards a point where wealth and opportunity are spread evenly enough not to cause people to rob in the first place. At this point given that everyone has the opportunity to live a meaningful life, those that choose not to should be punished...