Something about which I disagree with Cindy Sheehan

When Larry Northern mowed down the crosses, Sheehan declined to press charges. Fortunately, local law enforcement officers paid no attention to her and arrested Northern for felony criminal mischief.

To let Northern's behavior go unpunished will not teach him a damned thing about tolerance. But it will teach him and others like him that it's okay to destroy other people's property. I hear this kind of thing a lot--about sexual assaulters, drunk drivers, thieves. Not pressing charges against people who commit crimes against you is actually just saying it's okay for them to come and commit crimes against me. No thank you.

Northern, whose truck tire was punctured by one of the crosses he ran over, was released after posting a $3,000 bail. The penalty for felony criminal mischief in Texas ranges from 6 months to 2 years in prison. Let's hope Sheehan's representatives don't show up in court to plead for leniency.