[mcg1969]

Don't you think that any individual has the legal right to take extraordinary measures to save someone else's life? I mean, I can shoot my wife's attacker, can't I?

[atomicweeder]

Is a commando raid morally justified? Yes. Is it legal? In this case, probably. That wasn't my point. My point was to dismantle the argument: that if we private citizens won't do something, how can we expect the Governor to do something? Simple. It's his job.