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Originally posted by theking
Thus in the scenario that I have proposed...you and your family are now dead...because you would not act to protect them. If you were Catholic...who knows you might be deemed a Saint. I prefer me and my family be alive than being a Saint..I just am not a Saintly type of person.
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You've got it all fucked up with your small perspective. So let me break it down for you.
No one in their right mind questions what the soldier did, in the same position we would do the same thing. With that being said the law has to be upheld. In your scenario it is right to do what you have to do to protect your family, just as it would be right for the law to prosecute you if you break the law while doing it. Luckily we have a jury system in which an appropriate sentence can be handed down taking into account your situation and desperation as well as intentions. But none the less the law has to prosecute you to uphold the law and standards set forth even though most will agree with what was done.