SabbathWolf
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With all kindness and regard, I certainly disagree with the comment about being ruthless.
A fight for your life is no time for half measures. To take the position beforehand that you will not do all that is necessary to save your life during a violent encounter is to subordinate what may well save you (immediate and overwhelming violence) to something that will not (lesser violence).
The proper explanation when confronted with accusations of ruthlessness during a fight for your life is this: I was in fear for my life. I did what was necessary to survive.
Jurors may agree. They may disagree.
But if you don't do what is necessary to survive a violent encounter, you may well not survive it, much less have your actions castigated in court.
"Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is."
Josey Wales