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In reply to the discussion: My property is never worth more than a person's life. [View all]Pelican
(1,156 posts)213. I merely suggest that most people have a limit...
If it came down to using violence, even lethal violence, I think most people would choose to do that rather than watch their home with everything they have built over their lives burn.
Nothing wrong with it... It's just not all or nothing
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So your talking about greedy corporations that help kill people for profit like the MIC?
L0oniX
Jul 2013
#16
Exactly. Materialistic capitalism only succeeds if it convinces us our stuff is all that matters
NuclearDem
Jul 2013
#64
If you care about a thing than the life of another human being, you've got issues.
NuclearDem
Jul 2013
#83
You "care about" a plaque more than a life. Doesn't surprise me or probably most of us here, glad yo
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#97
Why would anyone want that? Really? No real monetary value, just sentimental.
notadmblnd
Jul 2013
#146
If one is going to resort to "violent resistance" to retain their worthless keepsakes
notadmblnd
Jul 2013
#161
For the most part cars are not used to violently resist theft of sentimental relics.
notadmblnd
Jul 2013
#170
No normal person tries to stop a property theft of any kind by a deliberate bullet to the brain.
kestrel91316
Jul 2013
#103
You would have had every right to defend your children because they are HUMAN beings
pnwmom
Jul 2013
#52
Are you saying you have a general right and reponsibility to defend your things (i.e., property)
pnwmom
Jul 2013
#65
It would seem that you are incapable of learning that people have differences of opinions,
tumtum
Jul 2013
#115
Merely commenting on a forum discussion. Differences of opinions are ok. And if you want to use a
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#118
Reading your profile, we grew up the same era. Not sure of place or upbringing, but era, yes.
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#123
We generally have three animal shelter dogs of the "unadoptable" often much older sort.
hunter
Jul 2013
#220
Those into guns will disagree with you, especially if they can shoot someone of another race.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#3
Yep ...some try to portray "all" gun owners as sociopath racists who want to shoot purple people.
L0oniX
Jul 2013
#11
When someone breaks into your house, they get what they get. I probably wouldn't start swinging my
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#36
Yep. Next thing, they'll defending cases when it just "looked like" someone was up to no good...
reformist2
Jul 2013
#8
So if someone is breaking into my home, and my daughter is here, and he wants to rape her
The Straight Story
Jul 2013
#9
If someone is breaking into your house, it's reasonable to fear for your safety
gollygee
Jul 2013
#24
Do you have a car? Do you work somewhere else? Are you ever gone from your home or somewhere else?
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#106
Nope. Not one. And no one can provide factual support for a contrary assertion.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2013
#140
I'm not an expert on Gandhi, but I wonder what he would say about someone like Hitler. I consider
HardTimes99
Jul 2013
#153
My understanding of Gandhi shows his philosophy to be active non-violence...
Eleanors38
Jul 2013
#208
Of course you have the right to make up your own definitions and to refuse to learn/use proper
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#114
If your profile reflects reality, we grew up in the same era. I consider family responsibility, not
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#160
Why would someone allow themselves to be murdered without putting up even non-lethal resistance?
nomorenomore08
Jul 2013
#180
For that matter, why is one life more important than another. If I fire at an intruder
hughee99
Jul 2013
#23
Posts like yours are part of why we have a hard time regulating guns in this country
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#121
If someone breaks into my house while I'm there I'll use any means I have to for protection.
KentuckyWoman
Jul 2013
#62
It isn't my job to find out, my job is to assume intent to harm and remove the threat.
TheKentuckian
Jul 2013
#126
If someone breaks into my home, and if I really want to know, I'll call a Psychic Medium afterwards.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2013
#142
Close to never, but not absolutely so. The more a person shows willingness to do violence to me...
Silent3
Jul 2013
#137
I always love threads like these because it makes it easier to spot some things.
hrmjustin
Jul 2013
#154
Interesting. The only thing stopping you from burglarizing my home is the
Ed Suspicious
Jul 2013
#189