Comments on: Happy Thought for the Day http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/ One random geek's view of the world around him Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:04:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Pauley http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8426 Pauley Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:07:31 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=504#comment-8426 ...aaaaaaaand the win! You got it. :)<br><br>-- Pauley …aaaaaaaand the win! You got it. :)

– Pauley

]]> By: k4 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8425 k4 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:31:14 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=504#comment-8425 He didn't aim center-of-mass and empty the clip? He didn't aim center-of-mass and empty the clip?

]]> By: Pauley http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8281 Pauley Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:07:31 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=504#comment-8281 ...aaaaaaaand the win! You got it. :)<br><br>-- Pauley …aaaaaaaand the win! You got it. :)

– Pauley

]]> By: k4 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8280 k4 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:31:14 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=504#comment-8280 He didn't aim center-of-mass and empty the clip? He didn't aim center-of-mass and empty the clip?

]]> By: Pauley http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8279 Pauley Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:29:38 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=504#comment-8279 No one seems to have figured it out yet. I'll give it another day. :)<br><br>-- Pauley No one seems to have figured it out yet. I'll give it another day. :)

– Pauley

]]> By: freekofnature http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8278 freekofnature Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:46:59 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=504#comment-8278 Ummm, he started talking with the hold-up guy.<br>very dangerous.<br><br>There was a very famous case, a few years ago in NYC where this famous Psychiatrist was in his apartment when he heard someone ring the doorbell - buzzer. Not wanting to answer the door for someone he assumed was trying to sell something, he Ignored it. A few minutes later he heard someone fiddleing with the door lock. He pulled a loaded .45 automatic out of a drawer next to the door and as soon as the armed break-in guy came in he shot him dead at point-blank range. At the inquest, he was exonerated, via "self-defence" At said inquest he was asked why he, being a Psychiatrist and all, didn't try to reason with the guy and try and talk him out of it!<br>His reply: Are you crazy? You cannot reason with someone like that, in that situation, and besides then I would lose any claim to a self-defence justification, and be liable for a murder charge myself!<br>When you are assaulted by an armed attacker, you use equivalent force first and ask questions later! Ummm, he started talking with the hold-up guy.
very dangerous.

There was a very famous case, a few years ago in NYC where this famous Psychiatrist was in his apartment when he heard someone ring the doorbell – buzzer. Not wanting to answer the door for someone he assumed was trying to sell something, he Ignored it. A few minutes later he heard someone fiddleing with the door lock. He pulled a loaded .45 automatic out of a drawer next to the door and as soon as the armed break-in guy came in he shot him dead at point-blank range. At the inquest, he was exonerated, via “self-defence” At said inquest he was asked why he, being a Psychiatrist and all, didn't try to reason with the guy and try and talk him out of it!
His reply: Are you crazy? You cannot reason with someone like that, in that situation, and besides then I would lose any claim to a self-defence justification, and be liable for a murder charge myself!
When you are assaulted by an armed attacker, you use equivalent force first and ask questions later!

]]> By: Pauley http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8277 Pauley Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:11:31 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=504#comment-8277 Probably very correct, but not what I was looking for. Think less legality and more fundamental. Out of my regular readers, you're one of a few I expect to figure it out. :-D<br><br>-- Pauley Probably very correct, but not what I was looking for. Think less legality and more fundamental. Out of my regular readers, you're one of a few I expect to figure it out. :-D

– Pauley

]]> By: dave http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8276 dave Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:09:30 +0000 http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/?p=504#comment-8276 I'll take "participate in a self-defense shooting anywhere in the commonwealth of Massachusetts" for $1000 Alex! I'll take “participate in a self-defense shooting anywhere in the commonwealth of Massachusetts” for $1000 Alex!

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