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stargazer65 · June 17, 2009, 06:05 PM

In the Xbox example I would probably call 911 and wait with my family with a gun in a room. King Edward said he would cover the BG with his muzzle while the BG left with his property. His may be the better decision, not sure yet.
In both cases we came to the same conclusion that shooting the BG was not necessary, and maybe even immoral.
Yet, I said there is a moral duty to retreat, he said there is not. Are we splitting hairs?

June 17, 2009, 06:05 PM	#210
stargazer65 Senior Member Join Date: April 6, 2009 Location: Connecticut Posts: 761	In the Xbox example I would probably call 911 and wait with my family with a gun in a room. King Edward said he would cover the BG with his muzzle while the BG left with his property. His may be the better decision, not sure yet. In both cases we came to the same conclusion that shooting the BG was not necessary, and maybe even immoral. Yet, I said there is a moral duty to retreat, he said there is not. Are we splitting hairs? __________________ "I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause." Jonathan Edwards