>>So getting the police involved and seeing that the law deals with the situation is not a proper response? I thought this was part of why we have laws and police forces and call ourselves civilised. Granted that the law isn't always as helpful as one might like, I still think that in a civilised society, it should be the first call.
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>You probably haven't been inside an appartment when somebody breaks in. I was on the second break in and there was no safe way of going to the phone and calling the police - they were in the same room and would have had the decision to either flee or silence me. In retrospect it might have been not entirely wise to attack 2 unknowns with an unknown arsenal of possible weapons, but at decision time I acted mostly driven by instinct and only partially thinking.
>First: in retrospect I am not certain that other paths might have been better or even safer.
>Second: the frame of mind I was in back then I probably would not have called the police even if I had larger time window to do so. This went right into the corner of territorial instincts.
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>But perhaps I am not properly socialized, even if I am civilized enough to shower and bath regularly.
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>regards
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>thomas

I think you misunderstood me. When in danger, you do whatever needs doing to get out of danger, but once out of danger, I'm saying, for example if you've subdued the subject, you call the cops, you don't put a bullet in his brain. Or, if you do decide to kill him once it's no longer necessary, then expect to be charged with murder.