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Originally posted by SykkBoy@Jun 17 2003, 01:21 PM
While, in this instance, I like that the guy just flipped and went after these guys, but the idea of people taking the law into their own hands is a slippery slope.
What happens when the little old lady who decides your porn site is causing her emotional distress and is the equivolent of virtual rape and she decides to chase you down and run you over? What if you are jaywalking and someone runs you over since you are commiting a crime and breaking the law?
hehehe, while I love this story, I just worry about viglianteism and people taking the law into their own hands. Also, what if these armed robbers had shot this man in his Hummer while he was trying to run them over? Would he still be a hero or would he be a victim or an idiot?
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Sykk, you make some good points (although your examples suck LOL).
The bottom line is if 4 guys come into your dwelling or place of business and intend to commit armed robbery, I think a person is within their right to shoot them.
I do not think this is vigilantism, which is the slippery slope. I think society can distinquish between the two.