Comment on Men Harassed A Woman In A Driverless Waymo, Trapping Her In Traffic

• capital@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You’re shitting me, right?

  In this thread where I describe my fucked up back, rating from the VA, my inability to win fistfights, my worry about my wife and daughter defending themselves from men. And you can’t figure out what I mean by “strong” and “weak”. Bullshit. But fuck it, let’s do this.

  You haven’t defined “the strong” or “the weak”

  Both of these are used to describe ones physical prowess in relation to the other. They’re relative. Someone “stronger” than me can overpower me through physical means and I would be helpless to defend against it, given no other tools.

  or what you mean by “self-defense.”

  I’ll just go with the dictionary on this one:

  the act of defending oneself, one’s property, or a close relative

  Now feel free to explain what you mean by “take advantage of” in the context of my using a gun to defend myself.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sorry, not good enough definitions.

    A starving man on death’s door manages to break into your home to steal a loaf of bread. You have a gun and see him do it.

    Who is the strong one and who is the weak one there? Who is acting in self-defense there?

    And I am happy to explain that if you shot and killed the man in that situation, you would be taking advantage of their weakness.

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    • Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wait, I’m no pro gun person, but like if some fucking random breaks into my house even to steal bread, you can bet your as I’m threatening them back out with a knife or some shit. How would anyone know that they’re there as a poor person stealing bread and not to mess with your family? I doubt you or anyone else would act differently under that pressure short of being really well trained in conflict diffusion. This whole thing seems super disengenous.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I thought this was about shooting people?

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    • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If someone is strong enough to break down my door even when they’re starving, I’m gunning them down and asking questions later.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You know there are these things called ‘windows’ that you can break easily and climb through, yes?

        Also, I thought you were done talking to me. Make up your mind.

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