If somebody tried to rob me w/o trying to kill them then I don't think a thief should be killed. However if the thief is armed and willing to kill the homeowner then well you know what kill or be killed if needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by trish
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If somebody tried to rob me w/o trying to kill them then I don't think a thief should be killed. However if the thief is armed and willing to kill the homeowner then well you know what kill or be killed if needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by trish
Nice observation. Subject line and first couple of posts seem a little uninformed though.Quote:
Originally Posted by trish
I don't disagree about the US's right to protect itself. But celebrating the killing of 3 human beings (pirates or no pirates) and jesting in their demise lacks any degree of humanitarianism. Taking a life is always an unfortunate act.
The real world does NOT work this way. Someone BREAKS into your home that is already a threat against you and your loved ones. No thief will say "Hey dude , I'm only gonna take this T.V. set and be going O.K.?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Silcc69
...and you say " Cool , grab a sandwich on the way out." A criminal is always one move ahead of you cause they already know what they're willing, and going to do to you. Sometimes there's no time to guess.
Listen..if it's just you, then I say do whatever the fuck you or your conscience want. But if you have to protect family or loved ones than it is safer to err on the side of caution and kill the fucker...cause I don't know about you but my family and whoever I love comes first ..everyone else I can give a rats ass about.
Not protecting your home , family and property to me..is tantamount to giving up your freedom.
Someone did break into our home once when I was a kid. He was swearing, threatening and demanding all sorts of things. He was also drunk and didn't know where he was. After some calm questioning my father figured out where the guy lived and drove him home. That was years ago.
Recently, about two years ago, in the county where I now reside, the newpaper reports "Drunk Shot Breaking & Entering." Turns out, a drunk breaks into some old fart's house. The old fart, who thinks just like you do, grabs and gun and shoots the poor disoriented bastard. The wounded drunk winds up in jail for breaking and entering and the old fart is a local hero.
I know who the real hero is.
That's not really the same thing..and I think you know that......Quote:
Originally Posted by trish
.....and in the old farts case (he's old right)..if he guessed wrong ..he's overpowered and dead.Better story I guess.
So let's see..two living drunks compared to how many defenseless people who were murdered or assaulted in their homes in any major city during the same time frame.
Hey Shonuff..put some pants on for Chrissakes... :D
The point isn't that my story is an analogue of your scenario, just the opposite. You claim to know how the real world works.
Really. I find the world is guided by our responses to the problems it poses. Not everything has to end with a "fucker" (as you prefer to view any one you deem threatening) getting shot or killed. Perhaps your own responses to the world would be less cowardly if you stopped objectifying people; maybe even talk to them before you start waving guns in the air.Quote:
The real world does NOT work this way.
Good job by the SEALs. It's too bad one of them survived though...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dino Velvet
I see dead people
Yeah the Americans have arrived