From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 02:09:26 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Shooting the taggers
Message-ID: <199708231756.TAA21560@basement.replay.com>
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Grand Wazoo MixMaster wrote the lie:

> There appears to be a wonderful market for long-range nonlethal
> stun weapons. I wonder, if a tagger is marking your building,
> would it be legal to stun him from a distance and then call the
> cops?
> 
> Rape can be argued to be deserving of serious punishment of some kind,
> but would tagging deserve death when a nonlethal option exist? Could
> not the woman stun the rapist and then call the cops?

  No. Stun guns are increasingly illegal because some guy once
used one to rob a 7-11 or something, for $15.00.
  Since stopping rape is worth less than $15.00 to those who make
the laws, they have decided that a few thousand rapes is a small
price to pay to protect minuscule corporate interests.

-THE 1/2LIE