Is that your plan A to freedom or last resort?Arising_uk wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:02 pm I was thinking more of a slave/master relationship(shouldn't have used abusive), in that I plot to murder for my freedom and succeed in that aim.
I don't see how murdering your master gets you to your objective? You only put yourself at an even greater risk/danger. Retaliation by next-of-kin, imprisonment etc.
Somewhere in your plan there surely must be a "run away" option?
Why not exercise it without the "kill master" option?
The typical response to this is "Tony Martin". And the typical counter-arguments go something like "disproportionate force". As if I am supposed to have a fair, refereed boxing match with my assailant.Arising_uk wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:02 pm What on earth is 'personhood'? But in the UK you can kill someone in self-defense but you will have to be prepared to justify it on the grounds of fear for one's life and there being no other alternative.
If I fear for my life I DO NOT want a fair fight. I want the scales tipped in my favor as far as possible!
If they have a hammer - I want an AR15. If they have a knife - I want an AR15. If they have a gun - I want an AR15.
I didn't choose to be in this fight. I am not in it to "be fair" - I am in it to NOT DIE. Fuck fairness.
In UK law - I am already denied the tools required to defend my life effectively. So fist fight it is.
Personhood is the recognition of that asymmetry. That when it comes to protecting the most valuable thing there is - individual life - there is no such thing as "unfair" and there is no need to justify ANY amount of force used if it successfully puts an end to the attack.
I do need to justify WHY I feared for my life, but after that bar is met - any amount of force is perfectly reasonable.
The requirement for "other alternative" spells "duty to retreat" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_to_retreat ).
Duty to retreat?!?!?! From my own home ?!?
You, your country and your legal system can fuck right off.