BIKE: Angry cyclists; deceased driver

[Michael Zakes]

Maybe he was following the "Bush Doctrine?"

Michael F Zakes, prop.
Waterloo Cycles
2815 Fruth
Austin TX 78705
512.472.9253

"I think the burden is on those people who think he didn't have weapons of mass
destruction to tell the world where they are."

Ari Fleischer, on July 9, 2003.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Dahmus" <mdahmus>
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Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: BIKE: Angry cyclists; deceased driver


>
> >And Bart pointed out to me that we really don't know what happened:
> >"Imagine you're the cyclist.  A guy in a big pickup truck rides close
> >to you and leans on his horn, maybe yells something threatening at you.
> >  Then he *parks his truck* and moves towards you.  Is it unreasonable
> >that you might feel threatened and feel the need to strike first?"
>
> Yes, it's unreasonable. If he's out of the truck, there is no defensible
> reason to strike first, unless he's carrying a lethal weapon of some kind
> and obviously intending to use it (and NO, THE TRUCK DOESN'T COUNT, SINCE
> HE'S OUT OF IT AT THIS POINT). Civilized society is built upon bedrock that
> includes the concept of "don't attack somebody on a gut feeling".
>
>
> Mike Dahmus
> mdahmus
>
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