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I don't get this... I could very well just be hung up on the language, but the first bit in "self-defense" is SELF, so how that can be applied to anyone but yourSELF doesn't make any sense to me. If I'm defending someone else from anything, it isn't SELF defense until I need to defend mySELF from it.
self defense definition | Dictionary.com
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self-de⋅fense
/ˈsɛlfdɪˈfɛns, ˌsɛlf-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [self-di-fens, self-] Show IPA
–noun
1. the act of defending one's person when physically attacked, as by countering blows or overcoming an assailant: the art of self-defense.
2. a claim or plea that the use of force or injuring or killing another was necessary in defending one's own person from physical attack: He shot the man who was trying to stab him and pleaded self-defense at the murder trial.
3. an act or instance of defending or protecting one's own interests, property, ideas, etc., as by argument or strategy.
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Like I said, I could just be hung up on the language. I wouldn't have a problem with someone saying Roeder was defending unborn babies, or whatever other nonsense, but to say he was acting in self defense of anyone other than himself makes absolutely no sense.
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Anyway, continue. This makes for some good reading.
