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>My instant reaction is to put my life in risk to injure the assailant, which is wrong because you never know how that person ended up doing what he/she is doin
by philh 16y ago
>My instant reaction is to put my life in risk to injure the assailant, which is wrong because you never know how that person ended up doing what he/she is doing.
It doesn't matter. They probably have a very hard life, and that's sad, but ultimately it doesn't matter. It is completely moral to defend yourself against an assailant, and if that involves injuring them (or even killing, if necessary), then so be it.
This is an inspiring story in its way, even though I reject the thought processes of the victim. But I wonder what happened to the kid afterwards. If he gave up his life of crime, then great; if he continued to mug people, not so great.
- sp4rki 16y agoOh by no means did I want to convey that you should give up the right to defend yourself. I meant that if you can defuse the situation in a non violent way in the case where you deem the assailant worthy of a second chance you might as well take the high road and try that first. However, if the risk is well beyond the benefit of helping the person, or your first advance towards a pacific defuse of the situation proved nill, go ahead and come out with guns blazing. It's not that I'm going to stop protecting myself, but that next time I want to make sure it's not some scrawny kid that wasn't really even thinking of hurting me who really just needs 5 bucks to get a meal today.