• Re: Self defense injustice in the UK

    From BTR1701@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jun 6 03:16:09 2025
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 8:26:42 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 12:57 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 5:06:29 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote: >>
    On Sat, 31 May 2025 22:48:37 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    I'm guessing that, if he'd tried instead to choke her to death, then her >>>> knifing him would've been allowed as self-defense ...suggesting that
    rape isn't a serious enough offense to warrant lethal reprisal.

    I'm undecided where exactly the dividing line should be in
    self-defence cases but it definitely ought to be shy of "lie back and
    think of the Empire"!

    I you've broken into my home, then you're leaving in a body bag if I have >> anything to say about it. My dividing line is the threshold of the doors and
    windows.

    Well, that does kinda elevate simple burglary into a capital crime.

    If you don't want to be shot to death while breaking into someone's home to steal from them, there's a 100% effective
    way of guaranteeing that never happens to you: don't break into people's homes and steal from them.



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  • From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jun 6 04:32:30 2025
    On 6/5/2025 1:16 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 8:26:42 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 12:57 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 5:06:29 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

    On Sat, 31 May 2025 22:48:37 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    I'm guessing that, if he'd tried instead to choke her to death, then her
    knifing him would've been allowed as self-defense ...suggesting that >>>>> rape isn't a serious enough offense to warrant lethal reprisal.

    I'm undecided where exactly the dividing line should be in
    self-defence cases but it definitely ought to be shy of "lie back and >>>> think of the Empire"!

    I you've broken into my home, then you're leaving in a body bag if I have >>> anything to say about it. My dividing line is the threshold of the doors and
    windows.

    Well, that does kinda elevate simple burglary into a capital crime.

    If you don't want to be shot to death while breaking into someone's home to steal from them, there's a 100% effective
    way of guaranteeing that never happens to you: don't break into people's homes
    and steal from them.

    That has a smidgen of resonance with "let them eat cake". I don't know
    that society's ready (yet) to declare open season on petty thieves.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jun 6 04:38:00 2025
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 11:32:30 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 1:16 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 8:26:42 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 12:57 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 5:06:29 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> >>>> wrote:

    On Sat, 31 May 2025 22:48:37 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> >>>>> wrote:

    I'm guessing that, if he'd tried instead to choke her to death, then her
    knifing him would've been allowed as self-defense ...suggesting that >>>>>> rape isn't a serious enough offense to warrant lethal reprisal. >>>>>>
    I'm undecided where exactly the dividing line should be in
    self-defence cases but it definitely ought to be shy of "lie back and >>>>> think of the Empire"!

    I you've broken into my home, then you're leaving in a body bag if I have
    anything to say about it. My dividing line is the threshold of the
    doors and
    windows.

    Well, that does kinda elevate simple burglary into a capital crime.

    If you don't want to be shot to death while breaking into someone's home to >> steal from them, there's a 100% effective way of guaranteeing that never
    happens to you: don't break into people's homes and steal from them.

    That has a smidgen of resonance with "let them eat cake".

    No one has a right to my property and they certainly don't have a right to put me and my family in danger when trying to take it.

    Fuck around and find out.



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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jun 6 04:41:26 2025
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>:
    Jun 5, 2025 at 8:26:42 AM PDT, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>:
    6/5/2025 12:57 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
    Jun 4, 2025 at 5:06:29 PM PDT, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>:
    Sat, 31 May 2025 22:48:37 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>:

    I'm guessing that, if he'd tried instead to choke her to death, then her >>>>>knifing him would've been allowed as self-defense ...suggesting that >>>>>rape isn't a serious enough offense to warrant lethal reprisal.

    I'm undecided where exactly the dividing line should be in
    self-defence cases but it definitely ought to be shy of "lie back and >>>>think of the Empire"!

    I you've broken into my home, then you're leaving in a body bag if I
    have anything to say about it. My dividing line is the threshold of
    the doors and windows.

    Well, that does kinda elevate simple burglary into a capital crime.

    If you don't want to be shot to death while breaking into someone's home
    to steal from them, there's a 100% effective way of guaranteeing that
    never happens to you: don't break into people's homes and steal from them.

    What the fuck is moviePig talking about? Simple and aggravated offenses typically apply to violent crimes, not burglaries. Burglary is a crime
    of intent in which the perpetrator has entered the premisis of another
    for the purpose of committing theft. The burglary has occurred
    regardless of whether the theft was successfully committed and the
    perpetrator has gotten away. It may be charged in conjunction with other
    crimes like breaking and entering and trespass.

    If the burglar encounters a resident and doesn't immediately retreat,
    then there is a high likelihood of the burglar, who has invaded
    someone's home, turning violent. The possibility of the hone invader
    becoming violent is what moviePig means by "simple burglary"?

    If moviePig, living in the UK, obeyed the law of self defense and
    wasn't carrying any weapon that was contraband even if used in self
    defense or in defense of another, were killed by the home invader, is
    that what he means by simple burglary?

    I think I've translated correctly from moviePig English into English.

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jun 6 04:44:50 2025
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 11:32:30 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 1:16 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 8:26:42 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>
    On 6/5/2025 12:57 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 5:06:29 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> >>>>> wrote:

    On Sat, 31 May 2025 22:48:37 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> >>>>>> wrote:

    I'm guessing that, if he'd tried instead to choke her to
    death, then her
    knifing him would've been allowed as self-defense ...suggesting that >>>>>>> rape isn't a serious enough offense to warrant lethal reprisal. >>>>>>>
    I'm undecided where exactly the dividing line should be in
    self-defence cases but it definitely ought to be shy of "lie back and >>>>>> think of the Empire"!

    I you've broken into my home, then you're leaving in a body bag
    if I have
    anything to say about it. My dividing line is the threshold of the >>>>> doors and
    windows.

    Well, that does kinda elevate simple burglary into a capital crime.

    If you don't want to be shot to death while breaking into someone's home to >>> steal from them, there's a 100% effective way of guaranteeing that never >>> happens to you: don't break into people's homes and steal from them.

    That has a smidgen of resonance with "let them eat cake".

    No one has a right to my property and they certainly don't have a right to put >me and my family in danger when trying to take it.

    Fuck around and find out.

    Again, this is the UK. You are in danger only if the home invader also
    uses language that makes you feel bad.

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  • From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jun 6 06:22:00 2025
    On 6/5/2025 2:38 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 11:32:30 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 1:16 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 8:26:42 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>
    On 6/5/2025 12:57 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 5:06:29 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> >>>>> wrote:

    On Sat, 31 May 2025 22:48:37 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> >>>>>> wrote:

    I'm guessing that, if he'd tried instead to choke her to death, then her
    knifing him would've been allowed as self-defense ...suggesting that
    rape isn't a serious enough offense to warrant lethal reprisal. >>>>>>>
    I'm undecided where exactly the dividing line should be in
    self-defence cases but it definitely ought to be shy of "lie back and
    think of the Empire"!

    I you've broken into my home, then you're leaving in a body bag if I have
    anything to say about it. My dividing line is the threshold of the >>>>> doors and
    windows.

    Well, that does kinda elevate simple burglary into a capital crime.

    If you don't want to be shot to death while breaking into someone's home to >>> steal from them, there's a 100% effective way of guaranteeing that never >>> happens to you: don't break into people's homes and steal from them.

    That has a smidgen of resonance with "let them eat cake".

    No one has a right to my property and they certainly don't have a right to put
    me and my family in danger when trying to take it.

    Fuck around and find out.

    Chest-thumping aside... your proposed law, as I extrapolate it, awards a homeowner cancellation rights over the life of any intruder. A parallel
    that comes to mind is the Old West's summary lynching of horse thieves
    ....but the rationale there (I'm told) was that a horse back then was essential to survival, making the theft of one a "capital" crime.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jun 6 07:51:49 2025
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 1:22:00 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 2:38 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 11:32:30 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>
    On 6/5/2025 1:16 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 8:26:42 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 12:57 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 5:06:29 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 31 May 2025 22:48:37 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> >>>>>>> wrote:

    I'm guessing that, if he'd tried instead to choke her to death, then her
    knifing him would've been allowed as self-defense ...suggesting that
    rape isn't a serious enough offense to warrant lethal reprisal. >>>>>>>>
    I'm undecided where exactly the dividing line should be in
    self-defence cases but it definitely ought to be shy of "lie back and
    think of the Empire"!

    I you've broken into my home, then you're leaving in a body bag if >>>>>> I have
    anything to say about it. My dividing line is the threshold of the >>>>>> doors and
    windows.

    Well, that does kinda elevate simple burglary into a capital crime. >>>>
    If you don't want to be shot to death while breaking into someone's home to
    steal from them, there's a 100% effective way of guaranteeing that never >>>> happens to you: don't break into people's homes and steal from them.

    That has a smidgen of resonance with "let them eat cake".

    No one has a right to my property and they certainly don't have a right to >> put
    me and my family in danger when trying to take it.

    Fuck around and find out.

    Chest-thumping aside... your proposed law, as I extrapolate it, awards a homeowner cancellation rights over the life of any intruder.

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you to be a danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless, even if they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're kicking in my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to abandon my home to thieves or stand aside and let them have their way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why
    should I do any different?

    A parallel
    that comes to mind is the Old West's summary lynching of horse thieves ...but the rationale there (I'm told) was that a horse back then was essential to survival, making the theft of one a "capital" crime.

    We have plenty of men that need killin' but we don't have any horses that need theivin'.



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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jun 6 07:59:29 2025
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 1:22:00 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 2:38 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 11:32:30 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>
    On 6/5/2025 1:16 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 8:26:42 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 12:57 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 5:06:29 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 31 May 2025 22:48:37 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> >>>>>>>> wrote:

    I'm guessing that, if he'd tried instead to choke her to death, then her
    knifing him would've been allowed as self-defense ...suggesting that
    rape isn't a serious enough offense to warrant lethal reprisal. >>>>>>>>>
    I'm undecided where exactly the dividing line should be in >>>>>>>> self-defence cases but it definitely ought to be shy of "lie back and
    think of the Empire"!

    I you've broken into my home, then you're leaving in a body bag if >>>>>>> I have
    anything to say about it. My dividing line is the threshold of the >>>>>>> doors and
    windows.

    Well, that does kinda elevate simple burglary into a capital crime. >>>>>
    If you don't want to be shot to death while breaking into someone's home to
    steal from them, there's a 100% effective way of guaranteeing that never >>>>> happens to you: don't break into people's homes and steal from them. >>>>
    That has a smidgen of resonance with "let them eat cake".

    No one has a right to my property and they certainly don't have a right to >>> put
    me and my family in danger when trying to take it.

    Fuck around and find out.

    Chest-thumping aside... your proposed law, as I extrapolate it, awards a
    homeowner cancellation rights over the life of any intruder.

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you to be a >danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless, even if >they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're kicking in >my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to abandon my home to >thieves or stand aside and let them have their way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why >should I do any different?

    A parallel
    that comes to mind is the Old West's summary lynching of horse thieves
    ...but the rationale there (I'm told) was that a horse back then was
    essential to survival, making the theft of one a "capital" crime.

    We have plenty of men that need killin' but we don't have any horses that need >theivin'.

    You've convinced moviePig. Shelter is essential to survival, making
    breaking in to one's home a...

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  • From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jun 6 08:13:08 2025
    On 6/5/2025 5:51 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 1:22:00 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 2:38 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 11:32:30 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>
    On 6/5/2025 1:16 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 8:26:42 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 12:57 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 5:06:29 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 31 May 2025 22:48:37 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    I'm guessing that, if he'd tried instead to choke her to death, then her
    knifing him would've been allowed as self-defense ...suggesting that
    rape isn't a serious enough offense to warrant lethal reprisal. >>>>>>>>>
    I'm undecided where exactly the dividing line should be in >>>>>>>> self-defence cases but it definitely ought to be shy of "lie back and
    think of the Empire"!

    I you've broken into my home, then you're leaving in a body bag if
    I have
    anything to say about it. My dividing line is the threshold of the
    doors and
    windows.

    Well, that does kinda elevate simple burglary into a capital crime. >>>>>
    If you don't want to be shot to death while breaking into someone's home to
    steal from them, there's a 100% effective way of guaranteeing that never
    happens to you: don't break into people's homes and steal from them. >>>>
    That has a smidgen of resonance with "let them eat cake".

    No one has a right to my property and they certainly don't have a right to
    put
    me and my family in danger when trying to take it.

    Fuck around and find out.

    Chest-thumping aside... your proposed law, as I extrapolate it, awards a
    homeowner cancellation rights over the life of any intruder.

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you to be a danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless, even if they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're kicking in my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to abandon my home to thieves or stand aside and let them have their way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why should I do any different?
    ...

    But "I" thought you were gone for the evening ...so my *intent* was
    larcenous but not physically threatening. E.g., do you think we should
    shoot shoplifters, who afaics have the same lack of principle?



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jun 6 08:58:33 2025
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 3:13:08 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 5:51 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 1:22:00 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 2:38 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 11:32:30 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 1:16 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 8:26:42 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 12:57 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 5:06:29 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 31 May 2025 22:48:37 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    I'm guessing that, if he'd tried instead to choke her to >>>>>>>>>> death, then her
    knifing him would've been allowed as self-defense ...suggesting that
    rape isn't a serious enough offense to warrant lethal reprisal.

    I'm undecided where exactly the dividing line should be in >>>>>>>>> self-defence cases but it definitely ought to be shy of "lie back and
    think of the Empire"!

    I you've broken into my home, then you're leaving in a body bag if
    I have
    anything to say about it. My dividing line is the threshold of the
    doors and
    windows.

    Well, that does kinda elevate simple burglary into a capital crime.

    If you don't want to be shot to death while breaking into someone's >>>>>> home to
    steal from them, there's a 100% effective way of guaranteeing that never
    happens to you: don't break into people's homes and steal from them. >>>>>
    That has a smidgen of resonance with "let them eat cake".

    No one has a right to my property and they certainly don't have a right to
    put
    me and my family in danger when trying to take it.

    Fuck around and find out.

    Chest-thumping aside... your proposed law, as I extrapolate it, awards a >>> homeowner cancellation rights over the life of any intruder.

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you to be a >> danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless, even if >> they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're kicking >> in
    my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to abandon my home >> to
    thieves or stand aside and let them have their way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why
    should I do any different?
    ...

    But "I" thought you were gone for the evening ...so my *intent* was larcenous but not physically threatening.

    As you're kicking in my door I don't know that and I'm not required to wait to find out whether you're going to shoot me or not as you invade my home.

    moviePig, is this you?

    https://ibb.co/M0Gwpp4

    E.g., do you think we should shoot shoplifters, who afaics have the same lack of principle?

    Let's just start with arresting them-- something California Democrats won't do-- and go from there.



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  • From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Jun 7 00:54:26 2025
    On 6/5/2025 6:58 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 3:13:08 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 5:51 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 1:22:00 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>
    On 6/5/2025 2:38 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 11:32:30 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 1:16 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 5, 2025 at 8:26:42 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/5/2025 12:57 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 5:06:29 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 31 May 2025 22:48:37 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    I'm guessing that, if he'd tried instead to choke her to >>>>>>>>>>> death, then her
    knifing him would've been allowed as self-defense ...suggesting that
    rape isn't a serious enough offense to warrant lethal reprisal.

    I'm undecided where exactly the dividing line should be in >>>>>>>>>> self-defence cases but it definitely ought to be shy of "lie back and
    think of the Empire"!

    I you've broken into my home, then you're leaving in a body bag if
    I have
    anything to say about it. My dividing line is the threshold of the
    doors and
    windows.

    Well, that does kinda elevate simple burglary into a capital crime.

    If you don't want to be shot to death while breaking into someone's >>>>>>> home to
    steal from them, there's a 100% effective way of guaranteeing that never
    happens to you: don't break into people's homes and steal from them.

    That has a smidgen of resonance with "let them eat cake".

    No one has a right to my property and they certainly don't have a right to
    put
    me and my family in danger when trying to take it.

    Fuck around and find out.

    Chest-thumping aside... your proposed law, as I extrapolate it, awards a >>>> homeowner cancellation rights over the life of any intruder.

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you to be a >>> danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless, even if
    they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're kicking
    in
    my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to abandon my home
    to
    thieves or stand aside and let them have their way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why >>> should I do any different?
    ...

    But "I" thought you were gone for the evening ...so my *intent* was
    larcenous but not physically threatening.

    As you're kicking in my door I don't know that and I'm not required to wait to
    find out whether you're going to shoot me or not as you invade my home.

    moviePig, is this you?

    https://ibb.co/M0Gwpp4

    E.g., do you think we should shoot shoplifters, who afaics have the same >> lack of principle?

    Let's just start with arresting them-- something California Democrats won't do-- and go from there.

    Well, in a way, that image is very much to the point ...i.e., how
    draconian we want our laws to be, and whether it should depend on how
    much the offense pisses us off. E.g., it's common to fantasize extreme
    means for dealing with food theft from the office refrigerator...



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  • From The Horny Goat@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jun 13 06:57:57 2025
    On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:51:49 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you to be a >danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless, even if >they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're kicking in >my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to abandon my home to >thieves or stand aside and let them have their way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why >should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt
    when it comes to your own abode.

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  • From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Jun 14 01:31:04 2025
    On 6/12/2025 4:57 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:51:49 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you to be a
    danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless, even if >> they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're kicking in
    my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to abandon my home to
    thieves or stand aside and let them have their way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why
    should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt
    when it comes to your own abode.

    Absolutely. In a world that values property more than life.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Jun 14 02:54:56 2025
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 8:31:04 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/12/2025 4:57 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:51:49 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you to be a >>> danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless, even if
    they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're kicking >>> in
    my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to abandon my home >>> to
    thieves or stand aside and let them have their way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why >>> should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt
    when it comes to your own abode.

    Absolutely. In a world that values property more than life.

    Once again, if the skell breaking into my house doesn't value his own life
    more than my property, why should I?



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  • From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Jun 14 03:08:54 2025
    On 6/13/2025 12:54 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 8:31:04 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/12/2025 4:57 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:51:49 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you to be a
    danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless, even if
    they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're kicking
    in
    my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to abandon my home
    to
    thieves or stand aside and let them have their way with my property. >>>>
    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why >>>> should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt
    when it comes to your own abode.

    Absolutely. In a world that values property more than life.

    Once again, if the skell breaking into my house doesn't value his own life more than my property, why should I?

    Umm, in most households anyway, theft isn't considered suicidal.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Jun 14 03:11:46 2025
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 10:08:54 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/13/2025 12:54 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 8:31:04 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>
    On 6/12/2025 4:57 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:51:49 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you to be a
    danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless, >>>>> even if
    they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're kicking
    in
    my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to abandon my home
    to
    thieves or stand aside and let them have their way with my property. >>>>>
    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why
    should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt >>>> when it comes to your own abode.

    Absolutely. In a world that values property more than life.

    Once again, if the skell breaking into my house doesn't value his own life >> more than my property, why should I?

    Umm, in most households anyway, theft isn't considered suicidal.

    It is if you're in a place where gun ownership isn't restricted.

    If you're in Texas and considering home invasion as a vocation, the
    probability that you'll be shot sooner rather than later is something you need to seriously consider.



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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Jun 14 05:44:02 2025
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Jun 13, 2025 at 10:08:54 AM PDT, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>6/13/2025 12:54 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    Jun 13, 2025 at 8:31:04 AM PDT, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>>6/12/2025 4:57 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:51:49 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>:

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you >>>>>>to be a danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And >>>>>>regardless, even if they're only there to steal and I can somehow >>>>>>know this as they're kicking in my front door, I'm neither legally >>>>>>nor morally required to abandon my home to thieves or stand aside >>>>>>and let them have their way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, >>>>>>why should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt >>>>>when it comes to your own abode.

    Absolutely. In a world that values property more than life.

    Once again, if the skell breaking into my house doesn't value his own >>>life more than my property, why should I?

    Umm, in most households anyway, theft isn't considered suicidal.

    It is if you're in a place where gun ownership isn't restricted.

    If you're in Texas and considering home invasion as a vocation, the >probability that you'll be shot sooner rather than later is something
    you need to seriously consider.

    The hypothetical gentleman whom moviePig falsely insists is a "thief",
    despite having been corrected on this many many times, is merely paying
    you a friendly visit... in the middle of the night.

    If you hit him upside the head with a blunt instrument, you are being
    ever so kind as to remind him that breaking and entering is not proper etiquette for calling upon you. You are pounding the clue into his
    head, hopefully hard enough that the clue will penetrate. I'm sure you
    will encounter high SRF but do the very best you can.

    It is kind of you to take the time to do this.

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  • From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Jun 14 09:02:20 2025
    On 6/13/2025 1:11 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 10:08:54 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/13/2025 12:54 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 8:31:04 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>
    On 6/12/2025 4:57 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:51:49 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> >>>>> wrote:

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you to be a
    danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless, >>>>>> even if
    they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're kicking
    in
    my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to abandon my home
    to
    thieves or stand aside and let them have their way with my property. >>>>>>
    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why
    should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt >>>>> when it comes to your own abode.

    Absolutely. In a world that values property more than life.

    Once again, if the skell breaking into my house doesn't value his own life
    more than my property, why should I?

    Umm, in most households anyway, theft isn't considered suicidal.

    It is if you're in a place where gun ownership isn't restricted.

    And a place where property is valued more than life.


    If you're in Texas and considering home invasion as a vocation, the probability that you'll be shot sooner rather than later is something you need
    to seriously consider.

    Or you find someone desperate enough they'll do the invasions for you.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Jun 14 09:41:03 2025
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 4:02:20 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/13/2025 1:11 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 10:08:54 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>
    On 6/13/2025 12:54 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 8:31:04 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/12/2025 4:57 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:51:49 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> >>>>>> wrote:

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you >>>>>>> to be a
    danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless,
    even if
    they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're >>>>>>> kicking
    in
    my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to abandon >>>>>>> my home
    to
    thieves or stand aside and let them have their way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why
    should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt
    when it comes to your own abode.

    Absolutely. In a world that values property more than life.

    Once again, if the skell breaking into my house doesn't value his own life
    more than my property, why should I?

    Umm, in most households anyway, theft isn't considered suicidal.

    It is if you're in a place where gun ownership isn't restricted.

    And a place where property is valued more than life.

    If I'm at home when you come to take my property, my life is in danger, too.
    So on one side you have a life. On the other, you have one or more lives, plus property.

    The math does itself.

    If you're in Texas and considering home invasion as a vocation, the
    probability that you'll be shot sooner rather than later is something you >> need
    to seriously consider.

    Or you find someone desperate enough they'll do the invasions for you.

    The chose... poorly.



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  • From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Jun 15 02:20:00 2025
    On 6/13/2025 7:41 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 4:02:20 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/13/2025 1:11 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 10:08:54 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/13/2025 12:54 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 8:31:04 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/12/2025 4:57 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:51:49 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you
    to be a
    danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless,
    even if
    they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're
    kicking
    in
    my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to abandon
    my home
    to
    thieves or stand aside and let them have their way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why
    should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt
    when it comes to your own abode.

    Absolutely. In a world that values property more than life.

    Once again, if the skell breaking into my house doesn't value his own life
    more than my property, why should I?

    Umm, in most households anyway, theft isn't considered suicidal.

    It is if you're in a place where gun ownership isn't restricted.

    And a place where property is valued more than life.

    If I'm at home when you come to take my property, my life is in danger, too. So on one side you have a life. On the other, you have one or more lives, plus
    property.

    The math does itself.


    They come to take your property, you come to take their life. Hard to
    twist those into mirror images.


    If you're in Texas and considering home invasion as a vocation, the
    probability that you'll be shot sooner rather than later is something you >>> need
    to seriously consider.

    Or you find someone desperate enough they'll do the invasions for you.

    The[y] chose... poorly.

    And if it's the free choice you're envisioning, rather than a desperate
    one, then they must be suicidal. Some might be reluctant to help them.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Jun 15 07:25:30 2025
    On Jun 14, 2025 at 9:20:00 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/13/2025 7:41 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 4:02:20 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>
    On 6/13/2025 1:11 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 10:08:54 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/13/2025 12:54 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 8:31:04 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> >>>>>> wrote:

    On 6/12/2025 4:57 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:51:49 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you >>>>>>>>> to be a danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless,
    even if they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're
    kicking in my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to
    abandon my home to thieves or stand aside and let them have their >>>>>>>>> way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why
    should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt
    when it comes to your own abode.

    Absolutely. In a world that values property more than life. >>>>>>
    Once again, if the skell breaking into my house doesn't value his >>>>>> own life
    more than my property, why should I?

    Umm, in most households anyway, theft isn't considered suicidal.

    It is if you're in a place where gun ownership isn't restricted.

    And a place where property is valued more than life.

    If I'm at home when you come to take my property, my life is in danger, too.
    So on one side you have a life. On the other, you have one or more lives, >> plus
    property.

    The math does itself.

    They come to take your property, you come to take their life.

    But I don't know that. It's not like they announce themselves as mere non-murderous thieves with every kick on the door. And even if they did, I'm supposed to risk my life and the lives of my family banking on the honesty of the criminals who are kicking in my door?

    If you're in Texas and considering home invasion as a vocation, the >>>> probability that you'll be shot sooner rather than later is something you
    need to seriously consider.

    Or you find someone desperate enough they'll do the invasions for you.

    The[y] chose... poorly.

    And if it's the free choice you're envisioning, rather than a desperate
    one, then they must be suicidal.

    Yes, they desperately need my TV to feed their kids. Riiighhht...



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  • From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Jun 15 08:08:06 2025
    On 6/14/2025 5:25 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 14, 2025 at 9:20:00 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/13/2025 7:41 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 4:02:20 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>
    On 6/13/2025 1:11 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 10:08:54 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/13/2025 12:54 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 8:31:04 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    On 6/12/2025 4:57 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:51:49 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you >>>>>>>>>> to be a danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And regardless,
    even if they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're
    kicking in my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to
    abandon my home to thieves or stand aside and let them have their >>>>>>>>>> way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why
    should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt
    when it comes to your own abode.

    Absolutely. In a world that values property more than life. >>>>>>>
    Once again, if the skell breaking into my house doesn't value his >>>>>>> own life
    more than my property, why should I?

    Umm, in most households anyway, theft isn't considered suicidal. >>>>>
    It is if you're in a place where gun ownership isn't restricted.

    And a place where property is valued more than life.

    If I'm at home when you come to take my property, my life is in danger, too.
    So on one side you have a life. On the other, you have one or more lives, >>> plus
    property.

    The math does itself.

    They come to take your property, you come to take their life.

    But I don't know that. It's not like they announce themselves as mere non-murderous thieves with every kick on the door. And even if they did, I'm supposed to risk my life and the lives of my family banking on the honesty of the criminals who are kicking in my door?

    Who knows what you're "supposed" to do? But some rational humanitarians
    might take into account how unlikely a burglar is to be also homicidal.


    If you're in Texas and considering home invasion as a vocation, the >>>>> probability that you'll be shot sooner rather than later is something you
    need to seriously consider.

    Or you find someone desperate enough they'll do the invasions for you. >>>
    The[y] chose... poorly.

    And if it's the free choice you're envisioning, rather than a desperate
    one, then they must be suicidal.

    Yes, they desperately need my TV to feed their kids. Riiighhht...

    Yeah, he'll probably put it towards a new Corvette...



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Jun 15 11:04:50 2025
    On Jun 14, 2025 at 3:08:06 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/14/2025 5:25 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 14, 2025 at 9:20:00 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>
    On 6/13/2025 7:41 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 4:02:20 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/13/2025 1:11 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 10:08:54 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> >>>>>> wrote:

    On 6/13/2025 12:54 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 8:31:04 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    On 6/12/2025 4:57 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:51:49 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you
    to be a danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And >>>>>>>>>>> regardless,
    even if they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're
    kicking in my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to
    abandon my home to thieves or stand aside and let them have their
    way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why
    should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt
    when it comes to your own abode.

    Absolutely. In a world that values property more than life. >>>>>>>>
    Once again, if the skell breaking into my house doesn't value his
    own life
    more than my property, why should I?

    Umm, in most households anyway, theft isn't considered suicidal. >>>>>>
    It is if you're in a place where gun ownership isn't restricted. >>>>>
    And a place where property is valued more than life.

    If I'm at home when you come to take my property, my life is in danger, >>>> too.
    So on one side you have a life. On the other, you have one or more lives,
    plus
    property.

    The math does itself.

    They come to take your property, you come to take their life.

    But I don't know that. It's not like they announce themselves as mere
    non-murderous thieves with every kick on the door. And even if they did, I'm
    supposed to risk my life and the lives of my family banking on the honesty >> of
    the criminals who are kicking in my door?

    Who knows what you're "supposed" to do?

    I do.

    And I forgot to address last time around, where you said that "They come to take your property, you come to take their life". Only half of that is true.
    In that scenario, they came to me. I didn't come to them. I was quietly
    minding my own business in my own home when violence and terror arrived on my doorstep. I didn't start the fight, I just ended it.

    But some rational humanitarians might take into account how unlikely a burglar is to be also homicidal.

    All one needs to do is spend a day reading the FBI crime stats to see how many home invasions end up deadly for the residents, even when the thieves could easily have just taken the property and left. A lot of criminals don't like to leave witnesses to their crimes.

    If you're in Texas and considering home invasion as a vocation, the >>>>>> probability that you'll be shot sooner rather than later is
    something you
    need to seriously consider.

    Or you find someone desperate enough they'll do the invasions for you. >>>>
    The[y] chose... poorly.

    And if it's the free choice you're envisioning, rather than a desperate >>> one, then they must be suicidal.

    Yes, they desperately need my TV to feed their kids. Riiighhht...

    Yeah, he'll probably put it towards a new Corvette...

    Ironically, you don't realize how right you are.

    I was always appalled and amazed when we'd run a search warrant in a home in the ghettos in Houston and L.A., where we'd find babies sitting in their own filth, malnourished, cockroaches everywhere, but darned if there wasn't the latest PlayStation or Nintendo sitting under a giant TV on the wall.



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  • From Rhino@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Jun 15 12:32:39 2025
    On 2025-06-05 12:53 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 4:55:25 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

    On Thu, 29 May 2025 16:55:45 -0400, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    I've seen plenty of commentators remark on their frustration with how
    crime is handled in their country and the meagre sentences most people
    get for serious crimes. Meanwhile, people who do mean tweets get longer
    jail terms than serious criminals. Many of these comments are probably
    by people who just repeat the same gossip they hear from others.

    There was a recent case in the UK where a woman who wrote a "mean
    tweet", then deleted it 2 hours later (after someone had taken a
    screen shot and e-mailed it to the Crown Prosecutor) got 3 1/2 years.
    It seems she got bad advise from the public defender and took a guilty
    plea while others who did likewise with her but pled not guilty were
    either acquitted or token sentences like probation.

    That is of course the risk one takes when you 'take a plea' but this
    one seems especially high even though she is likely to get parole in 9
    months.

    Meanwhile the "groomers" are being found guilty and getting suspended
    sentences.

    I personally think it's appalling that suspended sentences are an
    available sentencing option for rape of a minor but then I'm not in
    the UK.

    Bottom line is the current British government is in fear of Pakistani
    migrants be they legal or illegal and think they can't win the next
    election without Muslim ballots.

    If they're so scared of them, why do they keep importing thousands of them at a time?


    They're not just importing them in droves, the Labour government is
    actually planning to spend billions of pounds for a new airport IN
    PAKISTAN! Apparently, most Pakistanis in Britain come for a specific
    area in Pakistan that is fairly distant from the nearest airport so
    Labour wants to build them an airport, presumably so it will be easier
    for them to get back and forth when they go back to their home country.

    Among other things, Pakistanis often take their pubescent daughters back
    to Pakistan, supposedly for a holiday, but actually to be married to a
    first cousin they've often never met and who may be a decade older. The
    girls are frequently horrified when they get to Pakistan and learn their parents' plan; their father or older brothers will literally kill them
    to prevent shame to the family if the girl objects. Some girls simply
    kill themselves to avoid the forced marriage. Apparently, Labour wants
    to make this process easier for British Pakistanis with a shiny new airport....

    --
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  • From BTR1701@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Jun 15 13:20:06 2025
    On Jun 14, 2025 at 7:32:39 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2025-06-05 12:53 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 4:55:25 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote: >>
    On Thu, 29 May 2025 16:55:45 -0400, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    I've seen plenty of commentators remark on their frustration with how >>>> crime is handled in their country and the meagre sentences most people >>>> get for serious crimes. Meanwhile, people who do mean tweets get longer >>>> jail terms than serious criminals. Many of these comments are probably >>>> by people who just repeat the same gossip they hear from others.

    There was a recent case in the UK where a woman who wrote a "mean
    tweet", then deleted it 2 hours later (after someone had taken a
    screen shot and e-mailed it to the Crown Prosecutor) got 3 1/2 years.
    It seems she got bad advise from the public defender and took a guilty
    plea while others who did likewise with her but pled not guilty were
    either acquitted or token sentences like probation.

    That is of course the risk one takes when you 'take a plea' but this
    one seems especially high even though she is likely to get parole in 9
    months.

    Meanwhile the "groomers" are being found guilty and getting suspended
    sentences.

    I personally think it's appalling that suspended sentences are an
    available sentencing option for rape of a minor but then I'm not in
    the UK.

    Bottom line is the current British government is in fear of Pakistani
    migrants be they legal or illegal and think they can't win the next
    election without Muslim ballots.

    If they're so scared of them, why do they keep importing thousands of them >> at
    a time?

    They're not just importing them in droves, the Labour government is
    actually planning to spend billions of pounds for a new airport IN
    PAKISTAN! Apparently, most Pakistanis in Britain come for a specific
    area in Pakistan that is fairly distant from the nearest airport so
    Labour wants to build them an airport, presumably so it will be easier
    for them to get back and forth when they go back to their home country.

    Among other things, Pakistanis often take their pubescent daughters back
    to Pakistan, supposedly for a holiday, but actually to be married to a
    first cousin they've often never met and who may be a decade older. The girls are frequently horrified when they get to Pakistan and learn their parents' plan; their father or older brothers will literally kill them
    to prevent shame to the family if the girl objects. Some girls simply
    kill themselves to avoid the forced marriage. Apparently, Labour wants
    to make this process easier for British Pakistanis with a shiny new airport....

    Yep, the number of young girls who kill themselves over this 'tradition' far exceeds the number of troons who kill themselves for not being 'affirmed'. We're told we have to remake our entire society and actively participate in
    the delusions of the mentally ill or they might kill themselves, but strangely there's no concern for the far more frequent suicides of young girls who face
    a lifetime of abuse and rape by men 30 years older than they are.



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  • From The Horny Goat@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Jun 15 14:45:11 2025
    On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:31:04 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why >>> should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt
    when it comes to your own abode.

    Absolutely. In a world that values property more than life.

    Fair enough but if you've forced your way inside my home don't expect
    me to think of the worth of your life versus the safety of me and
    mine. Somebody who lives their life in terms of the Sermon on the
    Mount has nothing whatever to fear from me.

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  • From The Horny Goat@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Jun 15 14:48:29 2025
    On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:44:02 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    If you hit him upside the head with a blunt instrument, you are being
    ever so kind as to remind him that breaking and entering is not proper >etiquette for calling upon you. You are pounding the clue into his
    head, hopefully hard enough that the clue will penetrate. I'm sure you
    will encounter high SRF but do the very best you can.

    It is kind of you to take the time to do this.

    Alt.sysadmin.recovery which used to be one of my favorite newsgroups
    (having earlier in my life been involved in this occupation) used to
    refer to such equipment as "LARTS" - "Loser Attitude Readjustment
    Tools" such a baseball bat other than on the playing field or more
    lethal devices...

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Jun 15 14:58:43 2025
    The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
    Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:44:02 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

    If you hit him upside the head with a blunt instrument, you are being
    ever so kind as to remind him that breaking and entering is not proper >>etiquette for calling upon you. You are pounding the clue into his
    head, hopefully hard enough that the clue will penetrate. I'm sure you
    will encounter high SRF but do the very best you can.

    It is kind of you to take the time to do this.

    Alt.sysadmin.recovery which used to be one of my favorite newsgroups
    (having earlier in my life been involved in this occupation) used to
    refer to such equipment as "LARTS" - "Loser Attitude Readjustment
    Tools" such a baseball bat other than on the playing field or more
    lethal devices...

    When applying the LART to the skull, it must be done in such a way as
    not to damage the innocent computer terminal.

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  • From The Horny Goat@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Jun 15 15:06:42 2025
    On Sat, 14 Jun 2025 22:32:39 -0400, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    They're not just importing them in droves, the Labour government is
    actually planning to spend billions of pounds for a new airport IN
    PAKISTAN! Apparently, most Pakistanis in Britain come for a specific
    area in Pakistan that is fairly distant from the nearest airport so
    Labour wants to build them an airport, presumably so it will be easier
    for them to get back and forth when they go back to their home country.

    Was the British government wanting to build a terminal for them?

    As opposed to airstrip where the miscreants could be dropped off and
    the aircraft heading home?

    Trouble is I've just spent 1/2 hour trying to determine whether
    Jaskirat Singh Sidhu (someone every Canadian knows even if they don't
    know his name - he's the driver of the Humboldt SK truck who killed
    most of a hockey team) has been deported from Canada - and found lots
    of hits on court proceedings but nothing saying he had been deported
    to India - and in fact was suing for restoration of his Permanent
    Resident status which would allow him to apply for Canadian
    citizenship which would be a total obscenity.

    Knowing Donald Trump he's probably hoping the judge orders the pair of
    truck drivers who dropped off an Indian family trying to illegally
    cross into Canada (ND -> MB) in -40 weather without suitable clothing
    and they unsurprisingly froze to death.

    After all - it's deporting a bad guy (the driver) from the US to
    Canada...and in TrumpWorld that's a positive social good.

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  • From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jun 16 02:36:52 2025
    On 6/15/2025 12:45 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:31:04 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why >>>> should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt
    when it comes to your own abode.

    Absolutely. In a world that values property more than life.

    Fair enough but if you've forced your way inside my home don't expect
    me to think of the worth of your life versus the safety of me and
    mine. Somebody who lives their life in terms of the Sermon on the
    Mount has nothing whatever to fear from me.

    Someone breaking in despite a fair possibility of your being home is a different matter, I'd agree.



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  • From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jun 16 02:56:25 2025
    On 6/14/2025 11:20 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 14, 2025 at 7:32:39 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2025-06-05 12:53 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 4:55:25 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

    On Thu, 29 May 2025 16:55:45 -0400, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    I've seen plenty of commentators remark on their frustration with how >>>>> crime is handled in their country and the meagre sentences most people >>>>> get for serious crimes. Meanwhile, people who do mean tweets get longer >>>>> jail terms than serious criminals. Many of these comments are probably >>>>> by people who just repeat the same gossip they hear from others.

    There was a recent case in the UK where a woman who wrote a "mean
    tweet", then deleted it 2 hours later (after someone had taken a
    screen shot and e-mailed it to the Crown Prosecutor) got 3 1/2 years. >>>> It seems she got bad advise from the public defender and took a guilty >>>> plea while others who did likewise with her but pled not guilty were >>>> either acquitted or token sentences like probation.

    That is of course the risk one takes when you 'take a plea' but this >>>> one seems especially high even though she is likely to get parole in 9 >>>> months.

    Meanwhile the "groomers" are being found guilty and getting suspended >>>> sentences.

    I personally think it's appalling that suspended sentences are an
    available sentencing option for rape of a minor but then I'm not in
    the UK.

    Bottom line is the current British government is in fear of Pakistani >>>> migrants be they legal or illegal and think they can't win the next
    election without Muslim ballots.

    If they're so scared of them, why do they keep importing thousands of them
    at
    a time?

    They're not just importing them in droves, the Labour government is
    actually planning to spend billions of pounds for a new airport IN
    PAKISTAN! Apparently, most Pakistanis in Britain come for a specific
    area in Pakistan that is fairly distant from the nearest airport so
    Labour wants to build them an airport, presumably so it will be easier
    for them to get back and forth when they go back to their home country.

    Among other things, Pakistanis often take their pubescent daughters back
    to Pakistan, supposedly for a holiday, but actually to be married to a
    first cousin they've often never met and who may be a decade older. The
    girls are frequently horrified when they get to Pakistan and learn their
    parents' plan; their father or older brothers will literally kill them
    to prevent shame to the family if the girl objects. Some girls simply
    kill themselves to avoid the forced marriage. Apparently, Labour wants
    to make this process easier for British Pakistanis with a shiny new
    airport....

    Yep, the number of young girls who kill themselves over this 'tradition' far exceeds the number of troons who kill themselves for not being 'affirmed'. We're told we have to remake our entire society and actively participate in the delusions of the mentally ill or they might kill themselves, but strangely
    there's no concern for the far more frequent suicides of young girls who face a lifetime of abuse and rape by men 30 years older than they are.

    When should one society inflict its social mores on another?



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jun 16 03:05:02 2025
    On Jun 15, 2025 at 9:56:25 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/14/2025 11:20 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 14, 2025 at 7:32:39 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> >> wrote:

    On 2025-06-05 12:53 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 4:55:25 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> >>>> wrote:

    On Thu, 29 May 2025 16:55:45 -0400, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    I've seen plenty of commentators remark on their frustration with how >>>>>> crime is handled in their country and the meagre sentences most people
    get for serious crimes. Meanwhile, people who do mean tweets get longer
    jail terms than serious criminals. Many of these comments are probably
    by people who just repeat the same gossip they hear from others. >>>>>>
    There was a recent case in the UK where a woman who wrote a "mean >>>>> tweet", then deleted it 2 hours later (after someone had taken a
    screen shot and e-mailed it to the Crown Prosecutor) got 3 1/2 years. >>>>> It seems she got bad advise from the public defender and took a guilty >>>>> plea while others who did likewise with her but pled not guilty were >>>>> either acquitted or token sentences like probation.

    That is of course the risk one takes when you 'take a plea' but this >>>>> one seems especially high even though she is likely to get parole in 9 >>>>> months.

    Meanwhile the "groomers" are being found guilty and getting suspended >>>>> sentences.

    I personally think it's appalling that suspended sentences are an >>>>> available sentencing option for rape of a minor but then I'm not in >>>>> the UK.

    Bottom line is the current British government is in fear of Pakistani >>>>> migrants be they legal or illegal and think they can't win the next >>>>> election without Muslim ballots.

    If they're so scared of them, why do they keep importing thousands of them
    at
    a time?

    They're not just importing them in droves, the Labour government is
    actually planning to spend billions of pounds for a new airport IN
    PAKISTAN! Apparently, most Pakistanis in Britain come for a specific
    area in Pakistan that is fairly distant from the nearest airport so
    Labour wants to build them an airport, presumably so it will be easier
    for them to get back and forth when they go back to their home country. >>>
    Among other things, Pakistanis often take their pubescent daughters back >>> to Pakistan, supposedly for a holiday, but actually to be married to a
    first cousin they've often never met and who may be a decade older. The >>> girls are frequently horrified when they get to Pakistan and learn their >>> parents' plan; their father or older brothers will literally kill them
    to prevent shame to the family if the girl objects. Some girls simply
    kill themselves to avoid the forced marriage. Apparently, Labour wants
    to make this process easier for British Pakistanis with a shiny new
    airport....

    Yep, the number of young girls who kill themselves over this 'tradition' far
    exceeds the number of troons who kill themselves for not being 'affirmed'. >> We're told we have to remake our entire society and actively participate in >> the delusions of the mentally ill or they might kill themselves, but
    strangely
    there's no concern for the far more frequent suicides of young girls who
    face
    a lifetime of abuse and rape by men 30 years older than they are.

    When should one society inflict its social mores on another?

    People are free to inflict all they like. The government can't require.



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  • From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jun 16 03:05:38 2025
    On 6/14/2025 9:04 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 14, 2025 at 3:08:06 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/14/2025 5:25 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 14, 2025 at 9:20:00 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>
    On 6/13/2025 7:41 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 4:02:20 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/13/2025 1:11 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 10:08:54 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    On 6/13/2025 12:54 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 13, 2025 at 8:31:04 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    On 6/12/2025 4:57 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:51:49 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Pretty much, yeah. If you're breaking into my home, I presume you
    to be a danger to me and mine. To do otherwise is suicidal. And
    regardless,
    even if they're only there to steal and I can somehow know this as they're
    kicking in my front door, I'm neither legally nor morally required to
    abandon my home to thieves or stand aside and let them have their
    way with my property.

    And more to the point, if *you* value my TV more than your own life, why
    should I do any different?

    Point taken and as you say you ought to have the benefit of the doubt
    when it comes to your own abode.

    Absolutely. In a world that values property more than life. >>>>>>>>>
    Once again, if the skell breaking into my house doesn't value his
    own life
    more than my property, why should I?

    Umm, in most households anyway, theft isn't considered suicidal. >>>>>>>
    It is if you're in a place where gun ownership isn't restricted. >>>>>>
    And a place where property is valued more than life.

    If I'm at home when you come to take my property, my life is in danger,
    too.
    So on one side you have a life. On the other, you have one or more lives,
    plus
    property.

    The math does itself.

    They come to take your property, you come to take their life.

    But I don't know that. It's not like they announce themselves as mere
    non-murderous thieves with every kick on the door. And even if they did, I'm
    supposed to risk my life and the lives of my family banking on the honesty
    of
    the criminals who are kicking in my door?

    Who knows what you're "supposed" to do?

    I do.

    And I forgot to address last time around, where you said that "They come to take your property, you come to take their life". Only half of that is true. In that scenario, they came to me. I didn't come to them. I was quietly minding my own business in my own home when violence and terror arrived on my doorstep. I didn't start the fight, I just ended it.

    But some rational humanitarians might take into account how unlikely a
    burglar is to be also homicidal.

    All one needs to do is spend a day reading the FBI crime stats to see how many
    home invasions end up deadly for the residents, even when the thieves could easily have just taken the property and left. A lot of criminals don't like to
    leave witnesses to their crimes.

    If you're in Texas and considering home invasion as a vocation, the
    probability that you'll be shot sooner rather than later is >>>>>>> something you
    need to seriously consider.

    Or you find someone desperate enough they'll do the invasions for you.

    The[y] chose... poorly.

    And if it's the free choice you're envisioning, rather than a desperate >>>> one, then they must be suicidal.

    Yes, they desperately need my TV to feed their kids. Riiighhht...

    Yeah, he'll probably put it towards a new Corvette...

    Ironically, you don't realize how right you are.

    I was always appalled and amazed when we'd run a search warrant in a home in the ghettos in Houston and L.A., where we'd find babies sitting in their own filth, malnourished, cockroaches everywhere, but darned if there wasn't the latest PlayStation or Nintendo sitting under a giant TV on the wall.

    Yes, that ready stereotype does have some basis in fact, afaik. But I'd
    need some actual statistics before I'd adopt it as prevalent.



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  • From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jun 16 05:48:13 2025
    On 6/15/2025 1:05 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 15, 2025 at 9:56:25 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 6/14/2025 11:20 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 14, 2025 at 7:32:39 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    On 2025-06-05 12:53 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2025 at 4:55:25 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> >>>>> wrote:

    On Thu, 29 May 2025 16:55:45 -0400, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    I've seen plenty of commentators remark on their frustration with how
    crime is handled in their country and the meagre sentences most people
    get for serious crimes. Meanwhile, people who do mean tweets get longer
    jail terms than serious criminals. Many of these comments are probably
    by people who just repeat the same gossip they hear from others. >>>>>>>
    There was a recent case in the UK where a woman who wrote a "mean >>>>>> tweet", then deleted it 2 hours later (after someone had taken a >>>>>> screen shot and e-mailed it to the Crown Prosecutor) got 3 1/2 years.
    It seems she got bad advise from the public defender and took a guilty
    plea while others who did likewise with her but pled not guilty were >>>>>> either acquitted or token sentences like probation.

    That is of course the risk one takes when you 'take a plea' but this >>>>>> one seems especially high even though she is likely to get parole in 9
    months.

    Meanwhile the "groomers" are being found guilty and getting suspended
    sentences.

    I personally think it's appalling that suspended sentences are an >>>>>> available sentencing option for rape of a minor but then I'm not in >>>>>> the UK.

    Bottom line is the current British government is in fear of Pakistani
    migrants be they legal or illegal and think they can't win the next >>>>>> election without Muslim ballots.

    If they're so scared of them, why do they keep importing thousands of them
    at
    a time?

    They're not just importing them in droves, the Labour government is
    actually planning to spend billions of pounds for a new airport IN
    PAKISTAN! Apparently, most Pakistanis in Britain come for a specific >>>> area in Pakistan that is fairly distant from the nearest airport so
    Labour wants to build them an airport, presumably so it will be easier >>>> for them to get back and forth when they go back to their home country. >>>>
    Among other things, Pakistanis often take their pubescent daughters back >>>> to Pakistan, supposedly for a holiday, but actually to be married to a >>>> first cousin they've often never met and who may be a decade older. The >>>> girls are frequently horrified when they get to Pakistan and learn their >>>> parents' plan; their father or older brothers will literally kill them >>>> to prevent shame to the family if the girl objects. Some girls simply >>>> kill themselves to avoid the forced marriage. Apparently, Labour wants >>>> to make this process easier for British Pakistanis with a shiny new
    airport....

    Yep, the number of young girls who kill themselves over this 'tradition' far
    exceeds the number of troons who kill themselves for not being 'affirmed'.
    We're told we have to remake our entire society and actively participate in
    the delusions of the mentally ill or they might kill themselves, but
    strangely
    there's no concern for the far more frequent suicides of young girls who >>> face
    a lifetime of abuse and rape by men 30 years older than they are.

    When should one society inflict its social mores on another?

    People are free to inflict all they like. The government can't require.

    You say that like our government doesn't enforce our mores here.



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