Posted on 07/31/2016 7:13:56 AM PDT by rktman
An excellent off-topic discussion started in this mornings Nevermind post. It deserves more prominence than itll get in comments, so Im moving it forward here.
LBS wrote:
DH is a pacifist and against all violent methods of self-defense especially guns. He says I can defend myself, as long as the method couldnt possibly kill the attacker (yeah, I know what youre thinking). Do any of you have any ideas what a short, sixtyish, fat cancer survivor could have handy to better the odds? (BTW, murder or divorce are not options. I really love the guy. Hes mostly a great guy, just naive.)
The first several comments below appear under my personal login because I have no way of duplicating the logins of the original writers. But please note that these comments are by RustyGunner, LBS, LarryA, and Pat.
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It’s fine for him to be a pacifist. I have no problem with a person living by their personal set of values.
I have a problem with him inflicting his values onto another person, disarming her, and not allowing her to have the dignity of self-preservation and basic human rights.
I agree that she should respect his views and not force him to get a gun. But he should respect her, too.
Very true.
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