Reply #10: You seem to believe

[one-eyed fat man]

that there are no really evil bastards out there hurting people because that is their idea of fun. Just poor misguided souls whose lack of social skills and work habits leads them to stick guns into the faces of minimum wage clerks at convenience stores for insignificant amounts of cash.

You tell us when confronted with the threat of lethal violence, we should not resist, but simply give the attacker what he wants. If the crime under consideration is rape, there might be a little waffling on this point. How can anyone be so callous as to expect a woman to, with great dignity and poise, simply hand over the goods? The suggestion that a criminal who proffers lethal violence should be treated as if he has instituted a new social contract: "I will not hurt or kill you if you give me what I want," is stupid beyond belief!

Just like rape is not about sex, robbery is not about the money. It is about the humiliation, degradation, and terrorizing the victim. The criminal wants to smell your fear, he wants to see you beg. He is cancer on the body of society and like any cancer needs to be excised. There is little chance he would ever aspire to a "regular" job. They have been criminals since they started stealing the change from their mother's purses, bullying their classmates for lunch money through grade school. After setting kittens on fire, killing you AMUSES them. That is how their misbegotten brains are wired.

So, yes, it is my thoroughly atavistic opinion, armed robbers killed by their intended victims got EXACTLY what they deserve!