A couple of completely unrelated news articles I read somehow related themselves in my mind.

The first article talks about a woman who was shot while stealing gasoline. The article mentions that the man who was defending his property was arrested -- and the woman who was stealing appears to have gone free.

The second article is about a strange lawsuit. Read the whole article if you like, it's rather long and details. The gist of the lawsuit is that a man is suing a church to stop the church from telling people that he's committed adultery, and with whom. He doesn't want them to.

Can you find the common thread here? What jumped out at me was responsibility. If you don't want to get shot, don't steal. That seems pretty clear and obvious to me, but it's just as obvious that the current system of courts and government does NOT. In this case, as with many others like it, the person who committed the crime is the victim. Once upon a time, a man's home was his castle. Not any more.

Feel free to argue that gasoline isn't worth a life -- I agree. Therefore, the criminal shouldn't have tried to steal it, knowing their life was at risk. If it's my property, it IS my right to defend that with any means necessary -- even if the current government system disagrees.

The second one is similar -- if you don't want people to find out about your adulterous activities, DON'T COMMIT ADULTERY. Why is this so hard to comprehend? But once again, the current courts and legal system are completely backwards -- somehow committing a crime makes you a victim and you have new, special rights because you committed a crime.

In the west, when laws get twisted beyond all comprehension and logic, people take things into their own hands. For example, when the wolf is "protected" so that you cannot kill one under any circumstances, but the wolf attacks your property, your sheep, your livelihood, or even your family, what are you to do? If you kill the wolf, you will go to jail. If you don't, you will lose your productivity or your life. Makes no sense, does it? What many people in the west do is what they have to -- kill the wolf, but then hide all evidence of it -- bury it.

How far are we from that point with the rest of the criminal law system? If a criminal attacks me, and I kill him, what are the odds of me being arrested? If I use a gun, they are very high. However, if I do not call the police and hide the body, am I better or worse off?

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