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Originally Posted by Nostraboris  CNN broke down the event to a suggestive yes or no question of the day:
“Do you believe Americans are entitled to use deadly force to protect their homes and the homes of their neighbors from burglars?”
With the home beyond protecting, and the criminals on the run, the question could just as easily have been: Do you believe Americans are entitled to execute burglars on the spot?”
The homeowner never got a chance to self-reflect.
When Lou Dobbs volunteered as negotiator for his ego, his conscience didn’t stand a chance. “Come on, these burglars were illegal aliens, had criminal records, and broke into a house in broad daylight. PLEASE. They had it coming. The actual definition of self-defense never entered Dobbs’ head.
| Or you never took the time to understand the law, the Castle Doctrine applies in Texas, giving the right to protect property, and as the early transcript from the Dobbs telecast shows, that the law also allows for the shooting of a person fleeing from a scene of a theft with property.
Dobbs may be prejudice but then again so are you because you have prejudged Dobb without considering if his position on the basic premise is correct.
dmk Conservatism, I repeat is not an ideology. It does not breed fanatics....But if you want men who seek, reasonably and prudently, to reconcile the best in wisdom of our ancestors with the change which is essential to a vigorous civil social existence, then you will do well to turn to conservative principles
-Russell Kirk- |