I was just introduced to an idea that was completely alien to me.
I had posted:
"Killing in self-defense, or in defense of others, at the moment of the attack, is 100% ethical.
Carrying out an execution for government is murder. It makes the killer just as guilty as the person being killed by the state.
https://kentmcmanigal.blogspot.com/2022/03/i-oppose-capital-punishment-and.html"
Someone responded that while he believes that killing in defense of yourself, your children, your pets, or your property is the right thing to do, he believes that killing in defense of others, without their prior consent to do so, or their post-defense consent to have acted in their defense, is murder.
That's not the point I expected pushback on!
OK. People see things differently. But I'm still trying to wrap my head around that one.
If you wait until you get permission to defend someone- or a whole mall full of people- from a credible threat, it's going to be too late.
No, I would just have to act and hope the people I defended are happy about it. If not, I'm willing to face arbitration.
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Thank you for reading.
