_Sal
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Why should we be sympathetic to the criminal in these situations? Don't get on the bus with a knife and order everyone off if you don't want to be shot by police. I just can't understand the rooting for the bad guy in these situations.
There is no rooting for the bad guy. Often times there is no bad guy just poor judgment on both sides. In the Toronto case it was a small knife and he had evacuated the other riders from the bus. No one was going to get harmed. My god they could have just waited him out. Why must every situation be met with violence...why is that rooted on? What is great about taking the life of another human being? In the Toronto case it left a family with a dead kid, a kid who had just had a meltdown and was suicidal...how is that being a bad guy? Just a confused kid with some mental issues.
As for here, we don't know his story, maybe it was justified but what if someone had some training and a clear head and been able to get him to put it down...would that not have been the best solution for all? I think so.
If you know someone who has taken a life either in a justified manner or by accident, you know from that person, there are recurring doubts. It is not an easy thing to live with and neither should it be...you can't bring them back you have to live with having taken a life.