My advice to everyone is that they should think about their statements very carefully before making them. I learned the hard way that sometimes you make statements that you know you can't back up. I've always said that if someone hurt one of my daughters that I would kill them. Now I get to eat crow because I know that my family would not be better off because I kept my word.
So, my new saying is, if someone hurts my daughter - I will do everything I can to make sure justice is served.