--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 8/1/06 12:51:22 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Reasonable Person Test: > > someone points a gun at you and you shoot him. It turns out to be unloaded. > No problem. > > someone, in front of you, empties their gun, checks to make sure there is no > round in the > chamber, than points it at you and you shoot him. It turns out to be > unloaded. BIG > problem. > > And just what are the chances of scenario number two ever > happening?
I think the point is that if you have no good reason to think the gun isn't loaded, and you shoot the guy and then find out it was not, in fact, loaded, you wouldn't be liable for his death. Remember the original question was whether, if someone threatened me with a gun, and I had a gun as well, I'd shoot first. I said I would only if I were pretty sure he wasn't bluffing. This was with reference to Iran. The question about the gun being loaded was an afterthought (obviously if the gun weren't loaded, he'd be bluffing, but he could also be bluffing with a loaded gun). (Isn't this the kind of question game theory deals with?) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
