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And it is here that you continue to make the error. You claim no one forced Mr. Gerlach to any of his decisions. Yet Mr. Gerlach was deemed to have justifiably acted in self defense. So a jury of 12 peers found by preponderance of the evidence that Mr. Gerlach was forced into a decision by Mr. Kaluza-Graham.
You can claim it wasn't right, but both the law and society have spoken. You are entitled to your opinion - and your entitled to be wrong. You are choosing to do both simultaneously.
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And again you're making a logic leap that is not implied by my previous posts.
You're also confirming that you're okay with the child's defence of " he made me do it".
Perhaps it's the culture of I have rights but not wanting the responsibility that comes with those rights that is driving the problems Neal mentioned.
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Using your logic, a pharmacist does nothing to discourage the abuse of prescription medicine by choosing to dispense such medication, so they "could be considered" to be encouraging it.  Not actively discouraging something is not the same as encouraging it.
When was the last time you actively discouraged someone from going out and having a few drinks before driving home? If you are not actively discouraging it - then you "could be encouraging" it using your line of reasoning.
Think about that for a moment. If you know your friend is going to go to a party and have a few drinks, but you don't intentionally call him up and remind him not to drink and drive - God help you if he gets in a car wreck and kills someone. After all - if the victim's family finds out - you could be sued for contributing (via your ENCOURAGEMENT) to his choice to drink and drive. Pretty ridiculous premise, yes? But that is the train of thought you are using when you say if your not discouraging someone then you could be viewed as encouraging them.
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Again this is extremist and again it's bollocks with no relevance to the discussion.
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- there is a difference between encouragement and tacit approval. Perhaps that is what you meant?
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Perhaps. But approval expressed on a public forum on the internet is hardly tacit.
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Well we can at least agree on that....
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Good to see we agree on some things.