• refalo
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    7 months ago

    Retaliation is not self-defense.

    • Promethiel@lemmy.world
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      1. Retaliation has a meaning that does not have bearing here; mens rea for that cannot be established under the circumstances.

      2. Level of reciprocity in force has always mattered; at least we’re not under Hammurabi’s anymore.

      3. The prosecutor’s office in the referenced discussion disagrees with you and you are making claims and not arguments.