He was being attacked with rocks. You want him prosecuted for defending himself.
Ergo in your view, he had no right to defend himself.
/thread.
Repeating it doesn't make it less of a false dichotomy.
First, using a gun is not the only way that one can defend themself. Thus, your conclusion is totally illogical and fallacious. You can repeat it agian if you wish, but it doesn't change the fact that the conclusion itself is totally asinine. My arguments are actually about defending one's self in a manner that is appropriate to the threat posed by the one being defended against.
Your argument is that any instance of rock throwing can be met with lethal force at the sole discretion of the shooter and that charges should never be filed agianst the shooter in any circumstances because ... ROCKS CAN KILL!!!!
From my perspective, this is an irrational argument.
It means that a small child throwing stones at a cop could be shot by said cop and the cop is never at risk for being prosecuted.
My argumetn is that the amount of force used in response to a threat should be
relative to the legitimate degree of threat being posed.
If the threat to life is minimal, the response should not be a maximal threat to the life of the attacker.
My argument allows the
prosecution of a cop who shoots a small child for throwing stones at him.
Now, you'll see that the word "prosecution" above has been italicized. This is because I think you are misunderstanding what "prosecuted" means. It does
not mean found guilty or imprisoned or punished in some way..
It simply means that charges should be filed and that
due process of law should be fully employed in order to determine if a really was is guilty of some crime or not.
You are trying to bypass the due process of law by finding him not guilty of any crime before a trial even happens.
I disagree with that. The presumption of innocence is important to due process, but that doesn't mean that a declaration of innocence should occur pre-trial.
Do you throw away the presumption of innocence when you are calling for someone's prosecution? Do you only do so when you presume guilt and want them to be punished?