Reply #2: some people will just take anything good and decent

[iverglas]

and turn it into something perverted and nasty, won't they?

Look what you've done to this one.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/an-englishmans-home-is-his-castle.html

An Englishman's home is his castle

What was meant by 'castle' was defined in 1763 by the British Prime Minister with an admirable selection of names to choose from - William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham, also known as Pitt the Elder:

"The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail - its roof may shake - the wind may blow through it - the storm may enter - the rain may enter - but the King of England cannot enter."

That's what that fourth amendment thing came from, I do believe.

If only some people really did believe in their Bill of Rights ... ALL of it ... they would stop denying that a law that grants an irrefutable presumption that an assault or homicide is justified is a flat out violation of the right not to be deprived of life without due process and of the right to the equal protection of the law ... well, you'd be back on track to being civilized.