Dave Smith wrote:

> Andy wrote:
>
>> Dave Smith said...
>>
>>> Late Friday night there were three serious fires in Ottawa that
>>> gutted a number of commercial buildings. One of them was at my
>>> nephew's video store. The fire started in a hair salon and spa
>>> upstairs but his shop was totally destroyed. What didn't burn was
>>> damaged by smoke and water. It was arson.
>>>
>>> This came at an especially hard time for my nephew and his wife. She
>>> had just quit a good paying job to work full time in the store.
>>> Luckily, they had insurance and are planning to re-open, but it will
>>> be a few months before they can open up again. They haven't even been
>>> able to get into the building to see how bad things are.
>>>
>>> Early the next morning, Ottawa police were called to a disturbance at
>>> a hotel in the city hotel and arrested 5 men. One of them had serious
>>> burns to 90% of his body. At least two of them have now been charged
>>> with arson.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave,
>>
>> What horrible news!
>>
>> Hope they can "weather the storm."
>>
>> I don't know what I would do.
>
>
>
> I am sure that they will pull through, but you have to wonder about an
> arsonist who ends up with burns over 90% of his body. It looks good on
> him.
>

Ever been burned, Dave? Even a couple square inches of hand/fingers?
When I was 10 I opened the storage drawer under the broiler in our oven
to pull out a skillet that our mom wanted to fix some bacon. The oven
was on at 400 - had been for half an hour. Without a moment's thought I
pulled the drawer open with my left, grabbed the handle of the iron
skillet with my right...

Nobody whose crimes affected property only, no matter the dollar amount
involved, "deserves" burns over 90% of the body.

Jesus. Get some perspective.