On Thu, 08 May 2008 22:10:07 GMT, Periander <4rubbish@britwar.co.uk>
wrote:
>Cynic wrote in
>news:lba324tluds3clibk5a85kkebctd13j7go@4ax.com:
>
>>
>> Would you argue the same about a woman who is killed by her husband
>> because she wilfully antagonised him by refusing his reasonable
>> request for a shag?
>>
>> How about a child who was deliberately naughty after having been told
>> to behave? Surely a parent is just as justified in strangling the
>> child to death as the police are in killing a stroppy suspect?
>
>Both examples straw men and you know it.
They are both very similar to the incident in question. An authority
figure using disproportionate force to stop what they see as
misbehaviour in a way that they must know is likely to cause
significant injury.
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Cynic
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