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11th June 2012, 10:47 PM
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11th June 2012, 10:49 PM
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Reps: 21,142,423,111,673,436 (power: 0) | | | Maybe it's just me, but why kill them? Why not disarm and immobilize them? |
11th June 2012, 10:57 PM
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Reps: 2,817,136,454,992,684,544 (power: 2,817,136,454,992,735) | | Originally Posted by SmellsLikeCurlyFries  Maybe it's just me, but why kill them? Why not disarm and immobilize them?
That's what killing someone does. It immobilizes them and disarms them. |
11th June 2012, 11:00 PM
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Reps: 21,142,423,111,673,436 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by MachZer0 That's what killing someone does. It immobilizes them and disarms them.
Yes, but the whole point is to disarm and immobilize them without killing them or causing serious lasting damage. |
11th June 2012, 11:08 PM
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Reps: 2,817,136,454,992,684,544 (power: 2,817,136,454,992,735) | | Originally Posted by SmellsLikeCurlyFries Yes, but the whole point is to disarm and immobilize them without killing them or causing serious lasting damage.
Kind of like the old westerns on TV when Roy Rogers used to shoot the gun out of the bad guys' hands? Unfortunately, real life doesn't work that way. |
11th June 2012, 11:23 PM
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11th June 2012, 11:49 PM
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Reps: 2,817,136,454,992,684,544 (power: 2,817,136,454,992,735) | | Originally Posted by SmellsLikeCurlyFries No, you're right, it doesn't, because we are bloodthirsty and value life only as a means of entertainment.
It's best if you speak only for yourself |
11th June 2012, 11:57 PM
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Reps: 21,142,423,111,673,436 (power: 0) | | | Why, when there's plenty of backing to my conclusion? Even you flippantly played off non-deadly options as fiction. |
12th June 2012, 12:15 AM
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Reps: 2,817,136,454,992,684,544 (power: 2,817,136,454,992,735) | | Originally Posted by SmellsLikeCurlyFries Why, when there's plenty of backing to my conclusion? Even you flippantly played off non-deadly options as fiction.
Using letha; force in self defense does not mean one is bloodthirsty and values life only as entertainment.  |
12th June 2012, 12:18 AM
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Reps: 21,142,423,111,673,436 (power: 0) | | | And you'll notice I never said that. What I AM saying is that the acceptance of lethal force as the first and only option is a symptom of our bloodthirsty culture that values life only as a means to an end. | | |
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