- ierotic.:
- Heh. I just thought of another point of discussion. In Texas, or at least the part I live in, we have the "protect your castle" law. If we have an intruder on your property whose intent is to cause us harm, then under that law we're legally allowed to blow them to kingdom come. I'm all for it, as long as the person has decent proof that it was an actual trespassing and not some angry neighbor or annoying little kid they had in their crosshairs. What does everyone else make of this?
I find that disgusting, sorry.
That's basically saying that you can murder someone if you think there is a threat. I cannot comprehend that, at all. That's just dehumanising criminals. I just...bloody hell, that's wrong.
It still doesn't take away from the fact that you killed someone. Could you have that on your conscious? 'Cause I believe laws should be equal, i.e. you should still be charged with murder/manslaughter regardless of what actually occured and only taking situational factors into account when passing judgement. Christ only knows how that little law can be manipulated.
- Dancing Caveman:
- I understand that people don't want to hurt others. I carry a knife around, and I don't intend on ever using it, but if someone attacks me, I'm not just going to let them. And that's what I don't understand... would someone really just stand there and let some person assault them or rape them or murder their family?
I don't know, maybe I believe that empowering the victim is a good thing because two guys broke into my cousin's house, and stole a lot of their electronics. But of course, before they did that one guy raped and beat my cousin while the other guy pistol-whipped her husband with the butt of a illegally acquired gun.
Oh, and those two criminals have yet to be caught.
Possession of a weapon increases aggression levels - that's one of the arguments against British police carrying guns. (That and when they did shoot someone, it was the wrong person)
If I was attacked, then I have no idea what I would do. But the capacity for cold anger inside of me...well...coupled with a rather good sense of neuropsychology and the ability to shut off my "goodness"...I would fear my reaction, personally. I don't deal with anger very well, I rarely get angry and when I do, it often turns into myself. But, I've often thought on what I could actually be capable of in such a situation. I've came to the conclusion that regardless of the situation and how many more people I may be against, you gotta stand your ground and go down fighting.
If someone murdered my family - I honestly couldn't give a shit about what happens to me - then, if I knew who it was...I really couldn't comment on my actions.
A family member close to me was brutally attacked when I was younger, causing severe head trauma and the onset of vascular dementia. But it turned out to be a blessing in disguise and I've forgiven them.