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To: SoldierDad
As "cute" as that pseudo-etymology is, I don't think that you have considered the ramifications of such "logic". Everyone on this thread, including you, is making assumptions. It thereby follows, according to you, that all persons here, including you, should not be posting, lest they make an "Ass" out of themselves. If the dog is literally pinning the student, why should we cheer on the cop for shooting the dog in the *back* of the head, a target that, of necessity, puts the student in mortal danger?
56 posted on 03/09/2011 8:40:56 AM PST by Immerito (Reading Through the Bible in 90 Days)
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To: Immerito

First, let’s get this point of fact straight. In no comment that I’ve made could one make the “assumption” that I am “cheering” on the LEO. Second, there has been NO evidence brought forward that would prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the LEO fired at the dog with the student in direct line of fire. Third, as stated, I’ve made no assumption regarding whether the officer did, in fact, make a mistake in firing upon the animal. I have, absent of any facts to the contrary, decided upon giving the officer the benefit of the doubt (and there is a huge doubt as to whether any person was actually placed in any danger from the LEO’s actions). Fourth, if we take your attempt at logic regarding this case to it’s conclusion, then one must conclude that anytime that an LEO aims his firearm he or she is placing bystanders in harms way. Thus, given this potential, the only responsible action is for society to disarm all LEO’s, based upon your logic. I’m not prepared to accept this conclusion.


81 posted on 03/09/2011 10:04:09 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier preparing to deploy to Afghanistan)
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