Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
i would like you two to ruminate on the pain and suffering of all of the pets who died in a deliberate arson fire of a newly built condo complex near me. It was so sad,they held a memorial for all of the pets. No humans were harmed.

i certainly feel like executing the asshole who perpetrated that crime.
About two years ago in the space of several long days, I responded to 3 simultaneous arson fires in a very small village near mine:

- The Olga Artworks - a communal space in a historic restored barn. Dozens of artists showed their work there, and there was a lovely café in the back of the building. It just reopened last week, after much reconstruction. Many jobs were lost, and people had to move away from the community because of this fire. I suppose many jobs were created from the reconstruction project though....



- The _____ house fire - a lovely shoreline house, home to friends of mine, burned to the ground, fire was so intense we couldn't save it. Luckily they were away, or I suspect there would have been several deaths. The arsonist burned it in a manner that indicated he didn't check for residents first.



- The _____ workshop fire - near to that, a large workshop set ablaze. We got that one in time, still caused many thousands of dollars of damage, and put the guy out of business for a month or so, causing him to lay off several workers.




All these fires were *at the same time*, the evil bleep setting them was doing so in part to cause huge trouble for the responders, judging from the timing and location of the events.

The arsonists endangered the lives of residents and responders, caused loss of jobs, and cost a huge amount of $$$.

So, yeah, no sympathy for arsonists.