Cynic wrote in
news:vdv6249a73qkrqr6drutp7piopm11mt6d1@4ax.com:
> 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.
No they are both straw men in that there is no comparison between the
examples cited. The man who died whilst being detained was being
detained by lawful authority because of his criminal behaviour.
as a ps, NTL have just changed to virgin and screwed up the newsfeed, I
can't reply to the other thread on this subject
--
Regards ,
Periander |