On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > Would crushing a non-combatant civilian's car really be within their rights? > Honestly asking here.
In Iowa, or Manchester during the middle of the afternoon? No. During wartime, with non-functioning or non-existent police force and no functioning court system, our traditional ideals of "justice" and "due process" are difficult or impossible to apply. The job of policing and "justice" inevitably falls to those in control, which may be the military. They are not trained police officers, and even if they were, there may not be a jail to take them to, or a judge to sentence them. It's a complex problem, but I think if you assign police duties to someone who's training for most situations includes shooting at something till it stops moving, then you will sometimes see this sort of thing happen. Out of curiosity, assuming there were no police or justice system in place here, what would you prefer to see? -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287730 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
