Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Self defense injustice in the UK Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 04:57:25 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: <101r83l$1bess$2@dont-email.me> References: <1018s5j$3nifm$1@dont-email.me> <101b57r$9eci$1@dont-email.me> <101gf26$1o0up$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:57:26 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5590d60d1c3b00097d34d713c63cc64d"; logging-data="1424284"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+yBkCDJYBwagDyQtAOCGTF" User-Agent: Usenapp/0.92.2/l for MacOS Cancel-Lock: sha1:gFiBAOxR7BLf9nRraO+25hfQP08= On Jun 4, 2025 at 5:06:29 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" wrote: > On Sat, 31 May 2025 22:48:37 -0400, moviePig > 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.