<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Should the burglar escape wounded - or should some burglars escape while others in the same burglary die - then the escapees may sue.</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">I have seen cases where a burglar was shot in the back running away from the house and the homeowner got off. I have also seen police officers get off after shooting a guy in the back. Juries think that criminals deserve to be punished. That's the way it is here in the Deep South. bill w</font></span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 1:22 AM Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 2:06 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div>Their [burglars] perceived choices:<br>* Burgle but don't destroy, get caught, and die.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>### Yes, that's how it goes down in Smigtown.</div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>* Don't burgle, starve, and die. (This is almost always a false perception - there are many other ways to not starve - but it is what they believe.)</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>### Nah, it's mostly about getting money for drugs, not food. In Smigtown all drugs you can imagine can be had at free market prices. So don't burgle, mow a lawn, peace out.</div><div><br></div><div>--------------------</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>* Burgle and be as destructive as possible, leaving no witnesses mechanical or living, and don't die.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>### Now, that's technically difficult in Smigtown, with all those private, corporate, municipal, state, federal and international cameras pointing every which way.</div><div> -----------------</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div>You have that option today, if you are bloody minded enough. Just make sure to kill them all, and that all surviving witnesses will agree there was the perception of a threat that merited deadly force in response. Should the burglar escape wounded - or should some burglars escape while others in the same burglary die - then the escapees may sue.</div></div></div><br></blockquote><div>### A problem-solving option that is too costly, difficult and dangerous is not really an option, even if theoretically possible. </div><div><br></div><div>Rafal</div></div></div>
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