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Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:36:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli wrote:
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> > Perhaps most of you think I would be over-reacting but frankly my life and
> > the lives of my loved ones comes first inside my own home.
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> I think the real difference lies in what you and I identify to constitute an
> immediate threat to oneself and one's family. It seems that you equate the act
> of breaking-in with the intent to inflict bodily harm, whereas I distinguish
> between the break-in and the intention of injury. Granted, some cases of home
> invasion appear to be motivated primarily by the desire to inflict harm, but
> such invasions are a statistically smaller portion of break-ins overall.
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> Another hypothetical example occurred to me over the weekend, evoking a
> previous debate. I'd be interested to hear your response:
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> 8. The intruder is a woman who doesn't know that she's four weeks pregnant;
> you shoot her in the gut to incapacitate her and thereby kill her embryo; are
> you responsible for the death of her innocent child?
As the child is under her care and if through her ill-advised actions she gets
shot in self defence, I would say that the fault lies with her.
-Mike Petrucelli
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