Re: Apple IIe seen in Discovery Channel documentary "2057: The Body"

[Charlie Springer <RAM@regnirps.com>]

On Sat, 12 May 2007 15:12:19 -0700, Paul Schlyter wrote
(in article <f25cha$1uu4$1@merope.saaf.se>):

> But you're missing the point.  I wasn't talking about selfdefence in
> an emergency situation.  I was talking about punishment after a proper
> trial.  That's a very different situation: the judge and the court
> aren't threatened to life by the convict during the trial (and if they
> were, the guards wouldn't be doing a proper job), therefore they
> cannot claim selfdefence in an emergency situation.

Likewise they cannot guarantee that an offender who has no remorse and wishes 
to kill again will remain locked up for life. In essence they simply delay 
the emergency unless they choose to remove the threat permanently, as is 
their duty.

By what  reasoning is it wrong for a person who takes a life by initiating 
the use of force to loose their own? Read "Lord Jim" by Conrad for a thorough 
soul searching on the subject.

- Charlie Springer