[PLUG-TALK] Re: [PLUG] Sounds good to me ;)

Jeme A Brelin jeme at brelin.net
Wed Jun 19 07:48:14 UTC 2002


On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, J Henshaw wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, J Henshaw wrote:
> > > Well you're mistaken if they are coming towards you and you feel
> > > threatened. That has always been the difference between murder and
> > > self-defense.
> > 
> > There is a difference between feeling threatened and being in mortal
> > danger.  A threat is not enough to justify killing in self-defense.
> 
> He said they wanted to kill him.

So?  Wanting to kill is not a mortal threat.  Attempting to kill is only a
mortal threat in SOME situations.

Killing in self-defense is justified when it is the only rational response
to a mortal threat.

> You guys are too much,  aren't ya.

I don't know what this means.

J.
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