• capital@lemmy.world
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    1 year 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.

    Edit: I just fucking knew I would go as far as to define these well-known words to get nothing in return. You can tell it was going that way this whole exchange.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      1 year 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.

      • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee
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        1 year 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.

        Like your logic doesn’t add up here at all. “If someone is extremely weak but also strong enough to forcibly enter your home”

        Nah