Comment by anigbrowl

5 years ago

Looting and even property damage is different from violence, and when it happens to a business it's different from when it happens to a person.

It's not that you should like or always accept such things, but the unpleasant part of being robbed is the fear of violence, besides which the lost property itself is usually a transient annoyance. Actual violence against your person is a great deal worse.

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liaukovv  5 years ago

So if someone is robbing you, you should not be allowed to defend your property with violence unless you are threatened directly?

Interesting

  • anigbrowl  5 years ago

    You're allowed to defend your person with violence. I think you understand quite well that I am drawing a distinction between your person and property, and that while you can certainly resist being robbed to the extent that you feel personally threatened, your property is of distinctly secondary importance. In the case of corporate property, it's of tertiary importance for reasons I hope are obvious.