Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2h.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!hou2h!mr From: mr@hou2h.UUCP (M.RINDSBERG) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Re: Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! Message-ID: <722@hou2h.UUCP> Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 16:07:58 EST Article-I.D.: hou2h.722 Posted: Wed Jan 9 16:07:58 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 22:55:40 EST References: <118@decwrl.UUCP> <210@talcott.UUCP> <1106@teddy.UUCP>, <198@ihu1m.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 15 - < So you think Bernhard Goetz, or any victim of a mugging, should just give the - < mugger the money? Give me a break! The guy was defending his life against 4 - < muggers! Lets prosecute the criminals not the victims. - - - It has not been established that Goetz was defending his life. From the - reports that I have heard, the screwdrivers were not brandished. Goetz became - a criminal when he shot the 4 and ran. Maybe even before the incident if his - gun was not registered. Sure the 4 should be prosecuted, but so should Goetz. - Self-defense is one thing, what Goetz did is another. The screwdrivers were on the subway seats next to the would be muggers according to newspapers. Mark