Originally Posted by onzedge

My sense of humor ends when people recommend arson as a way to settle scores. If you had lost loved ones due to arson that started as a joke, I don't think you'd be all that amused by its suggestion also.

I used to think it was pretty funny too -- torch a car here and there -- no big deal to do this if you are making a point. Seriously, what's a Molotov Cocktail or two between friends? Whopping it up on a Friday night with some homemade thermite -- those were the days I can tell you. Nothing gets giggles quite like the gasoline and potassium permanganate in the glass bottle randomly tossed at an SUV, if you ask me.

But the fun ends when someone gets hurt. Imagine losing your parents in a horrible fire, their bodies burned to a crisp and beyond recognition, all of their worldly possessions reduced to ashes -- just because someone thought it woudl be cute to torch their car because they parked to close to the line. Then the burning car engulfed their home, taking away the dearest people in the world to you. can you imagine how that would feel? -- How that moment of retribution escalated into unspeakable tragedy? Can you imagine that? Can you?

It never happened to me, but I guess it would be awful if it had.

-- onzedge has written