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To: MrLeRoy
"self-defense" requires an unjust agressor
264 posted on 02/26/2003 12:10:12 PM PST by Notwithstanding
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To: Notwithstanding
"self-defense" requires an unjust agressor

Morally or legally? If a person has been thrown off a tall building and will seriously harm me (trapped below) unless I use my missile launcher on him, it may be true that I am morally obligated to accept the serious harm---but it should not be, and as far as I know it is not, legally obligatory.

268 posted on 02/26/2003 12:15:45 PM PST by MrLeRoy ("That government is best which governs least.")
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