"Doug Kanter" >, if that's their real name,
wrote:

>"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
>news
>>
>> I wish I could remember who told me this. They said that a police officer
>> friend had told them that if you kill an intruder just as they're entering
>> your home, and they don't fall forward into the house, you should drag
>> their body inside, so you won't get in trouble. I can't imagine anyone
>> doing that. Or getting away with it.
>
>I think it depends on the cop you end up with. I wouldn't want to risk
>ending up with a cop whose thinking was not evolved. I might end up with a
>jury which included several Unitarians, and then where would I be? I have
>great respect for them, but once, one of them said to me "Well...sometimes
>when things are stolen, it means you'd owned those things long enough and it
>was someone else's turn". Bite me. Imagine that person trying a self-defense
>shooting. :-)

WTF? That is one bizarre philosophy. Are you sure that it's a Unitarian
thing, or just one odd person's? People rarely leave our house without
some of our belongings. Things we like, but we like the friend more than
the object, and we know it would make them happy. But if some burglar
comes in and takes our stuff, what will we give away?

>>>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 sorry. No I'm not. I think you just said that you'd go grab a beer
>> for your burglar. ROFLMAO!
>
>No! I don't offer beer to people like that.

Sorry. I *had* to say it. <G>

>Actually, it might be more fun to take a burglar hostile (I'd say hostage,
>but Bush said "hold our country hostile", and he's the president so he must
>be right).

I'm proud to say that I didn't vote for him.

>Tie him to the basement rafters, get his family members over
>there one at a time, and collect opinions as to why he should live. Maybe
>his own mother would say "Hell....he's a pain in the ass anyway....gimme the
>gun". :-)

That seems a little extreme for a burglar. Especially one who hadn't even
had a nice frosty beer.

But if it's a rapist or murderer, the above scenario is much too kind.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_