Quote Originally Posted by syslight View Post
let's bring it home... it is nighttime... i break into your occupied dwelling, armed and with the intent to commit various felonies (burglary), say robbery arson and murder... you shoot me causing me to fall and break my leg... you are all for me being able to bring suit against you for the shooting and the broken leg, as well as just compensation fort he the loss of earning i would normally make from these enterprises?
Hmm, I think that I would go with that - I think you should have the right to bring a lawsuit if you wish, and I believe that you will loose it (probably at a very early stage, as I'd expect such glaring things to be dismissed very very early on in the process). It seems to me that independent justice is a rather critical component of a civilized society. Otherwise what's the difference with a dictatorship, or totalitarianism?

I'll think more about the granting of rights, to me the problem seems that without having an independent judgement of who is guilty and who is not, everybody can be gulty. Seems like a vicious circle that shouldn't be.