• Narauko@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I am not sure what you wouldn’t get about immediacy of threat in relation to self defense. There are very clear reasons that self defense involving lethal force is restricted to the immediate act, and that some of those restrictions are loosened only within your home.

    Killing someone because you believe they will kill you or cause your death at some point in the future is not an acceptable way for a society to function.

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      1 day ago

      You’re right. It’s a different crime. It’s not self-defense in the immediate criminal sense. But Charlie was absolutely guilty of incitement to genocide and crimes against humanity. We’ve literally hanged people at tribunals like Nuremberg for doing the exact same thing that Charlie spent his whole career doing. In just world, Charlie would be indicted on crimes against humanity, convicted, and hanged for his crimes.

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        22 hours ago

        If those crimes had actually taken place you would most likely have my agreement, but right now it is a preemptive strike because some people believe a genocide it is coming and inevitable.