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Originally Posted by Seeker
Wow, talk about two extremes! I'm having trouble with only these two options...
1 - The use of deadly force to protect a few replaceable items seems drastic. However having the perpetrator know my address from my licence - not liking it.
2 - Letting them take the items, this would probably be the option I'd yeild to but I would struggle with the after effects, peering over my shoulder, changing all my locks, struggle with my sense of security and look at how much power I really have in my own life, those sorts of things...
It's been a tough thought given the amount of possibilities I would prefer to consider. Can I ask why the two extremes? I mean if it were my life or theirs then 1 would be totally different. Why did you choose this example?
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Obviously I realise its not a truly realistic decision you would face in real life - you could just wound the attacker, and you could not know you would only suffer minor injuries while being attacked either... I guess I was trying to gage, at what point a personal would feel they would personally have justification to use ultimate force in self protection.
For the record, I chose to allow myself to be attacked... but then again, Ive never really been in that situation, so it is easier to say so when you dont have the experience of it, of course. I cant tell for sure how I would react if I was really attacked and robbed.