Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Mani
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Mani
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Mani
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Nitemare
surprised no one is whining about the 14 y/o getting shot.
If the DEA had shot him would that be wrong?
The really sad part is there are people thinking this man fought them over $120.
What price do you put on your rights? How much money does a person have to take from you before you think it's too much?
If it was purely the principle, what did he take out his wallet, see how much he had, then decide to put up a fight?
It matters when he decided he wouldn't lay down and be vilolated?
Tell me, if you mother or sister was being threatened with rape, and waited until they had their panties off before they decided to fight back, would you think any less of them?
Not when, but WHAT motivated him to fight back. He only decided to once he saw that he had 120 bucks in his wallet, which makes it pretty obvious that he only made the decision to fight once he saw how much money he had - and figured it was worth fighting for. If he took them on purely on principle, he wouldn't have even bothered to pull out his wallet in the first place.
If your mom decided not to be raped, she would have let him rip her panties off.
You are making a judgement call based on when he decided to fight back. It's irrelevant.
No, I'm making a judgement based on what he did immediately before resisting. Which is completely relevant. Nothing he did or said afterward leads me to believe that he did it based on principle.
And get off the rape analogy - it's not a very good one, not to mention that it's disturbing.
The rape anology is disturbing because you can't see my point. You mom's right to not be raped is the SAME right you and I have to not be robbed. BOTH are a violation of a basic civil and human rights.
My point is that when the policy is to lay down and allow criminals to have their way, we create an open season on victims. A person being robbed of $120 has just as much right, and responsibility to defend his rights as a woman being raped.
In fact, by the twisted "it was only $120" logic presented here, he has more right to defend himself. Since the woman is only losing her dignity, and he is losing both his dignity AND $120.
It matters not when he chose to fight back, as it was his right and responsibility to do so if he had the means. And it appears he had plenty of means.