> > > > > >In this case one man died, several others were injured and the suspects are > >all alive and in custody. This _was_ the worst case senario. > > > Actually, the worst case scenario is the suspect gets free and all of > the officers are killed and the suspect gets away and unleashes an > unspeakable horror on the citizens of London. Sounds horrible but it > could go that far. > > >>To me, and many people in the US, the lives of police officers are much > >>more valuable than those who attempt to kill police officers, if one of > >>the officers had pulled a gun and shot the attacker, he would have been > >>congratulated for saving the life of an innocent man. > >> > >> > >But then you've lost a very valuable lead which probably could prevent a > >terrorist attack... > > > > > There is a point where you have to draw a line though, since a dead man > can't push a button. >
Both points very true.... I confess I was only thinking in terms of shooting suspects to death and the loss of one life in this instance and not many lives. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
