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| MarkStaneart | Jan 27 2011, 05:52 AM Post #1 |
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If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. (Exodus 22:2 KJV) If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. (Exodus 22:3 KJV) It is presumed that a person has the right to defend his property or that the instinct to preserve one’s property by whatever means is reasonable. A thief that is coming in the night does not wish to be caught or recognized. A violent tragedy can easily result in the owner attempting to retain what is his. However, if it is daylight or if the thief is recognized, it is not the right of the owner to exact vengeance or to go on his own to retrieve his property. Vigilantism is absolutely forbidden in Torah and due process of Law must be followed. In many cases, where Torah is not applied by observant believers, it is not the irrelevance of Torah; but the absence of due process that prevents us from continuing in the direction of civic observance. |
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