Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1m.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!ihu1m!bermes
From: bermes@ihu1m.UUCP (Terry Bermes)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Re: Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!
Message-ID: <198@ihu1m.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 13:38:58 EST
Article-I.D.: ihu1m.198
Posted: Wed Jan  9 13:38:58 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 08:02:42 EST
References: <118@decwrl.UUCP> <210@talcott.UUCP> <1106@teddy.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL
Lines: 11

< 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.
                                          Terry Bermes