"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
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> "Doug Kanter" >, if that's their real name,
> wrote:
>
>>"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
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>>>
>>> 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?

Well....it was 58% humor. My ex is a Unitarian and I've met some of the
people from the church. It's an interesting blend of misunderstood
philosophies, I think. But at least they don't travel the world "helping"
other cultures by delivering venereal disease & smallpox.



>
>>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.

Rape's a separate subject. I'd gather 12 women from the neighborhood, give
each of them a brand new mat knife, describe the situation and say "I'll be
upstairs if you need anything". :-)