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		pekk on Feb 5, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Someone Just Leaked Obama's Rules for Assassinatin... If someone is threatening the lives of others as hostages, what degree of force is justified to stop them from taking those lives?

nilved on Feb 5, 2013 [–]

Not lethal. Lethal force is not necessary in any circumstance whatsoever.

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