Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 09:34:52 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Stephen McKay <mckay@thehub.com.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Course of law (was: Islam (was: Religions (was Re: helping victims of terror))) Message-ID: <20011024093452.B28396@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011023103803.04978a90@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 10:39:58AM -0600 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011021172133.04293620@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20011020213927.048a1780@localhost> <1003617187.3bd1fba3d31ff@webmail.neomedia.it> <1003617187.3bd1fba3d31ff@webmail.neomedia.it> <4.3.2.7.2.20011020213927.048a1780@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20011021172133.04293620@localhost> <200110231322.f9NDMTf21954@dungeon.home> <4.3.2.7.2.20011023103803.04978a90@localhost>
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On Tuesday, 23 October 2001 at 10:39:58 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 07:22 AM 10/23/2001, Stephen McKay wrote: > >> Really? So, they arrest them, try them in a court of law (with appropriate >> witnesses, defense lawyers, and a jury of their peers), convict them, and >> sentence them to ... what? > > Ths is in fact what they do in most cases. And rightly so. > However, when met with deadly force while attempting to apprehend > criminals, the government does have the right to respond with deadly > force. Ah. Where does that right come from? In the constitution? Are there laws in place which define when this right applies, and what "deadly force" means? Does "attempting to apprehend criminals" include driving tanks into towns and firing at random? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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