http://digitalbrainwaves.disqus.com/One random geek's view of the world around himenFri, 14 Nov 2008 21:07:31 -0000http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/#comment-3784124<p>...aaaaaaaand the win! You got it. :)</p><p>-- Pauley</p>PaulFri, 14 Nov 2008 21:07:31 -0000http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/#comment-3782398<p>He didn't aim center-of-mass and empty the clip?</p>k4Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:31:14 -0000http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/#comment-3766322<p>No one seems to have figured it out yet. I'll give it another day. :)</p><p>-- Pauley</p>PaulThu, 13 Nov 2008 23:29:38 -0000http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/#comment-3742961<p>Ummm, he started talking with the hold-up guy.<br>very dangerous.</p><p>There was a very famous case, a few years ago in NYC where this famous Psychiatrist was in his apartment when he heard someone ring the doorbell - buzzer. Not wanting to answer the door for someone he assumed was trying to sell something, he Ignored it. A few minutes later he heard someone fiddleing with the door lock. He pulled a loaded .45 automatic out of a drawer next to the door and as soon as the armed break-in guy came in he shot him dead at point-blank range. At the inquest, he was exonerated, via "self-defence" At said inquest he was asked why he, being a Psychiatrist and all, didn't try to reason with the guy and try and talk him out of it!<br>His reply: Are you crazy? You cannot reason with someone like that, in that situation, and besides then I would lose any claim to a self-defence justification, and be liable for a murder charge myself!<br>When you are assaulted by an armed attacker, you use equivalent force first and ask questions later!</p>freekofnatureThu, 13 Nov 2008 10:46:59 -0000http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/#comment-3701591<p>Probably very correct, but not what I was looking for. Think less legality and more fundamental. Out of my regular readers, you're one of a few I expect to figure it out. :-D</p><p>-- Pauley</p>PaulWed, 12 Nov 2008 08:11:31 -0000http://www.digitalbrainwaves.com/2008/11/12/happy-thought-for-the-day/#comment-3701193<p>I'll take "participate in a self-defense shooting anywhere in the commonwealth of Massachusetts" for $1000 Alex!</p>daveWed, 12 Nov 2008 07:09:30 -0000