Hi Folks, On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 16:33:05 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> Ordinary citizens should not act as a though they were an armed > police force. Such behavior is rightfully condemned as vigilantism. > It is illegal for them to take the law into their own hands. They do > however have the right to defend themselves from violent assaults and > to use whatever force as may be necessary to protect themselves in such > a situation. I am reminded of one of the Darwin Award nominees, who ran into a shop, pulled a gun and demanded money. Unfortunately for him, and this was what got him the nomination, the shop was a gun shop full of good law-abiding customers, most of whom responded by drawing their own guns and shooting him. It seems to me that "civilisation", along with "democratic", "cultured", "un-biased" and "free press" mean whatever the speakers/writers want them to mean. Note: For those who don't know, the Darwin Awards are given annually to those who have taken themselves out of the gene pool in innovative and spectacularly stupid ways. Regards, Ron Ron Clarke http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/index.html http://tadpole.aus.as -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/