RT POLLOCK spoke thusly to: DICK ROEBELT
RP> DR> And when someone breaks the law but applying their fist to
RP> DR> your  face, do you stand there and take it or do you assume a
RP> DR> defensive  posture?
RP>PERSONAL, physical _defense_ is one thing: malicious use of a fax
RP>machine to extract a perceived "toll" of another - in effect, a
RP>"vigilante action" - does not quite figure-in to the same equation 
RP>as _defense_.
   Only in your mind.
   What is the difference whether someone is physically assaulting you 
or stealing your wallet or stealing your time and fax paper?  Each is 
a "crime" and must be dealt with immediately.
RP>Let's use another scenario:
RP>You witness a bank robbery...and you're unarmed. You're not in a
RP>car, but you're not exactly surrounded by a hoard of other people
RP>either. Others _may_ have seen the same that you saw.  Whaddya do :
RP>        1.) Rush right into the bank, tackle the armed bandit
RP>            that fired his weapon, and slap him to his senses ?
RP>        2.) Get to the nearest telephone just as quietly as
RP>            you can so that the armed bandit _doesn't_ try
RP>            emptying his weapon in your direction, and call
RP>            the cops ?
RP>        3.) Find the nearest cop and tell him what you saw...
RP>            and then let him handle the situation as his
RP>            training would allow him ?
RP>        4.) Ignore what you saw, and continue on to wherever
RP>            you were going in the first place, rationalising
RP>            that `someone else can get involved' ?
   Poor scenario as I detest bankers and banks as much as I do used 
car salesmen and lawyers...each of which could disappear from the face 
of the earth tomorrow and I would not care nor miss them at all.
RP>Semper Fi
   Anchors Aweigh...matey
   Dick
   TheMerc@Juno.com
What has four legs and an arm?  A happy Pit Bull.
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