"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
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> "Doug Kanter" >, if that's their real name,
> wrote:
>
>>Sometimes, people ask to be shot, and it's rude not to grant their
>>request.
>
> ROFL! Emily Post was your mom, wasn't she?
>
> Carol

It's just common sense, Carol. Think about it: Using my city (Rochester NY)
as an example, it's estimated that 1/3 of homes have a properly working gun
of some kind. In NY, it's ***LEGAL*** (as in NOT ILLEGAL, for the benefit
of slow learners) to shoot an intruder, no questions asked, as long as they
are IN YOUR DWELLING. Not your garage, not your yard, not your car, but
actually in the house.

Translation: A burglar has a 1 in 3 chance of being shot dead. I don't know
about you, but I think anyone who accepts such lousy odds in return for a
VCR and some jewelry is (as psychiatrists say) "out of their friggin'
minds", and is asking to be shot. If a guest in my home asks for a glass of
water or a beer, I'd never say no. Why shouldn't I show the same courtesy to
a burglar?

I'm writing this after having only one cup of coffee, so my logic might be
slightly rusty, but even so....it's pretty good logic. :-)