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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: Self defense injustice in the UK
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 12:36:52 -0400
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On 6/15/2025 12:45 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:31:04 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>>> And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why
>>>> should I do any different?
>>>
>>> Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt
>>> when it comes to your own abode.
>>
>> Absolutely.  In a world that values property more than life.
> 
> Fair enough but if you've forced your way inside my home don't expect
> me to think of the worth of your life versus the safety of me and
> mine.  Somebody who lives their life in terms of the Sermon on the
> Mount has nothing whatever to fear from me.

Someone breaking in despite a fair possibility of your being home is a 
different matter, I'd agree.