Re: Self defense injustice in the UK

On Jun 5, 2025 at 8:26:42 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

On 6/5/2025 12:57 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

 On Jun 4, 2025 at 5:06:29 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
 

 On Sat, 31 May 2025 22:48:37 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
 wrote:
 

 I'm guessing that, if he'd tried instead to choke her to death, then her
 knifing him would've been allowed as self-defense ...suggesting that
 rape isn't a serious enough offense to warrant lethal reprisal.
 

 I'm undecided where exactly the dividing line should be in
 self-defence cases but it definitely ought to be shy of "lie back and
 think of the Empire"!

 
 I you've broken into my home, then you're leaving in a body bag if I have
 anything to say about it. My dividing line is the threshold of the doors and
 windows.

 
Well, that does kinda elevate simple burglary into a capital crime.

If you don't want to be shot to death while breaking into someone's home to
steal from them, there's a 100% effective
way of guaranteeing that never happens to you: don't break into people's homes
and steal from them.