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In reply to the discussion: MEDIA A Drone Was Used to Blow up a US Citizen Without Trial On Thursday. Let That Sink In [View all]Moostache
(11,204 posts)Its easy to be flippant and non-serious about issues when its comedic or convenient, but your "rights" are the same as the dead shooter. If it is OK to kill him in contravening the rule of law, then the same is permissible for you or anyone else.
Civil society is contingent on an agreement - people live under the rule of law not because it is the only option, but because it is the BEST option for a peaceful and just society. Saying that because a bad guy got what was coming to him makes it OK is the true fallacious argument being trotted out.
And there was no need to "go get him" either...a man holed up and armed but contained from escape and unable to kill without exposing himself to counter fire is NOT the same as a man actively charging out of that position. He was hiding and trapped and killed by remote.
Pray that they never come for you...