DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAt this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do?message-squaremessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1157arrow-down1message-squareAt this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do?DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down1·2 days agoSome would argue that shooting real cops wouldn’t make you an asshole either. You still wouldn’t be legal for doing so. But I wouldn’t say someone is an asshole just because they killed a cop.
minus-squarePostmortal_Pop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoI’d argue if a cop is trying to kill you instead of arrest you, which is their job, then yeah, killing them back isn’t exactly an asshole response. You can be an asshole for something else in the situation, but not for the mutual killing.
Some would argue that shooting real cops wouldn’t make you an asshole either.
You still wouldn’t be legal for doing so. But I wouldn’t say someone is an asshole just because they killed a cop.
I’d argue if a cop is trying to kill you instead of arrest you, which is their job, then yeah, killing them back isn’t exactly an asshole response.
You can be an asshole for something else in the situation, but not for the mutual killing.
Castle law exists for a reason.
That’s Malcolm Reynolds, not Castle. 😆
Hence the “and”.