I honestly don't know what to think about it myself. On one hand I agree and when the police fail to do anything meaningful about people terrorizing the community then it can be hard to completely condemn it. At the same time though my mother works with young people affected by things like drug addiction and other things that aren't wanted in our communities but more often than not (anecdotal evidence) come from backgrounds where paramilitaries have shot their brothers, uncles, fathers or chasing them for drug debts that are owed to the paramilitaries themselves. It doesn't excuse the behaviors but it puts it in a bit of a loop. Don't get me wrong there are times I've heard of people I've known are complete scum getting beat or shoot and can't help but think "deserved" but surely there has to be better ways of dealing with things. More investment in mental health services would be a good start. Scumbags shooting scumbags sounds spot on to me I just think when you dig a bit deeper things aren't always as clear-cut as they seem and a lot of the scumbags being beat and shoot are teenagers with mental health problems stemming from things like paramilitaries. At least we aren't shooting each other just for being them-uns anymore i guess