It’s the dead of night. Your children are in bed sleeping. You and your spouse have a house guest. The ambiance is perfect in your new Bridgewater home on Downey Road. You’re happy with your situation; and, then, your life is suddenly and violently interrupted by an event so traumatic, that no one who has not experienced it can possibly understand – a break-in by thugs who have no respect for your well-being or personal safety.
And you ask yourself, “Why?” Can the eight-and-a-half Gs reportedly taken at gunpoint mean so much to these thieves that they would risk the lives of the occupants? Can jewelry mean so much to them that they would pistol-whip a person and tie others with electrical cord? Why? What prompts such behavior?
In Christianity, there is an oft-quoted Biblical saying that a person should turn the other cheek: That statement has repeatedly been misinterpreted and misused to let people off the hook indiscriminately, thereby fostering more bad behavior and criminal activity.
A tough yet charitable Monsignor friend has a saying that, “There is no mercy without justice.” The courts of Somerset County need to make sure that the thugs who brutalized the Rogalskys while vandalizing their home are made to understand the meaning of justice in this community.
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