OK, so I dont really care about the case, but guy walks into mans house, man shoots intruder dead, gets done for murder/manslaughter.
IMO if I rob someones house, I should expect what is coming to me, whether that is a 12 gauge shell or not is another matter.
I think Martin went over the top, but if he was being attacked, or threat of attack, not just being burgled, then he should have had every right to kill in defence of his home. Perhaps in that case, he should have given him a bit of a kicking.
If we regard private property as a valid concept, then we must also afford ourselves the same right to defend it as with our own bodies, and our perogative to decide on the use of force according to its value to us. Of course, one cannot go mental with no justification, which is when the law steps in.
IMO justice is a completely different matter (the above only deals with defence), in this latter case, objectivity and non-punitive measures are preferable imo. No, really I'm not scitzophrenic!
IMO if I rob someones house, I should expect what is coming to me, whether that is a 12 gauge shell or not is another matter.
I think Martin went over the top, but if he was being attacked, or threat of attack, not just being burgled, then he should have had every right to kill in defence of his home. Perhaps in that case, he should have given him a bit of a kicking.
If we regard private property as a valid concept, then we must also afford ourselves the same right to defend it as with our own bodies, and our perogative to decide on the use of force according to its value to us. Of course, one cannot go mental with no justification, which is when the law steps in.
IMO justice is a completely different matter (the above only deals with defence), in this latter case, objectivity and non-punitive measures are preferable imo. No, really I'm not scitzophrenic!
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