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Subject: Re: Self defense injustice in the UK
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 04:57:25 -0000 (UTC)
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On Jun 4, 2025 at 5:06:29 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

> On Sat, 31 May 2025 22:48:37 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm guessing that, if he'd tried instead to choke her to death, then her 
>> knifing him would've been allowed as self-defense ...suggesting that 
>> rape isn't a serious enough offense to warrant lethal reprisal.
>> 
> I'm undecided where exactly the dividing line should be in
> self-defence cases but it definitely ought to be shy of "lie back and
> think of the Empire"!

I you've broken into my home, then you're leaving in a body bag if I have
anything to say about it. My dividing line is the threshold of the doors and
windows.