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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (51935)	6/29/2011 2:14:40 PM
From: John	3 Recommendations Respond to of 103300

Do you think someone who starts a fist fight for example should be executed? I think that an unprovoked assault, such as the case of the thug who attacked the innocent and defenseless blind woman sitting on the bus, should be a capital punishment offense. But, not everyone who starts a fist fight should be executed. Two cases: 1. If you and I are complete strangers, and you spot me at a sporting event and you tell your friends, "Look at that guy over there. I don't like the looks of him. I'm going to beat his ass just for the hell of it," and then you walk up to me and blindside with a punch to the head, I think you should receive capital punishment. It was a completely unprovoked assault. 2. If you and I are complete strangers, and I'm leering at your girlfriend in a bar and you tell me to stop, and I respond by giving you the finger and making lewd catcalls at her, and you respond by punching me in the face, I do not think you should receive any punishment at all. It was a provoked assault. There should also be exceptions for cases of mistaken identity, misunderstandings, and so forth. Bottom line: If a person is so evil that he will perpetrate unprovoked violent assaults, you're damn right... I think he should be permanently destroyed before he can hurt anyone else. Furthermore, citizens should have the right to use lethal force to protect themselves, no questions asked.