Comments on: Defending a neighbor’s property http://programmedthought.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/defending-a-neighbors-property/ That's what they want us to think... Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:09:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Daniel Silverman http://programmedthought.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/defending-a-neighbors-property/#comment-16 Daniel Silverman Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:15:50 +0000 http://programmedthought.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-16 I thought traditionally shooting someone in the back was a pretty good way to get arrested, because it is very difficult to claim you are in immediate physical danger, and thus it is an unjustifiable homicide. In most cases I can think of, a human life is more valuable than anything the person is likely to be carrying. Shoot a home invader, fine, but don't shoot someone who is retreating and not threatening to you. It is "life, liberty, and property" in that order. Last I checked Texas was part of the South, a land with a tradition on honorable duels. I don't imagine shooting someone in the back as they run away is very honorable. I thought traditionally shooting someone in the back was a pretty good way to get arrested, because it is very difficult to claim you are in immediate physical danger, and thus it is an unjustifiable homicide. In most cases I can think of, a human life is more valuable than anything the person is likely to be carrying. Shoot a home invader, fine, but don’t shoot someone who is retreating and not threatening to you. It is “life, liberty, and property” in that order.

Last I checked Texas was part of the South, a land with a tradition on honorable duels. I don’t imagine shooting someone in the back as they run away is very honorable.

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