How To Use Self-defense In A Sentence
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Karlovic's commentary ranges from self-deprecation to self-defense to heckling of other tennis Tweeters to absurdism.
Words of Wisdom Provided by Dr. Ivo
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No consideration was given to the fact that most Apache hostilities were self-defense or retaliation, and that they'd first been raided by the New Mexicans.
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The United States says Davis acted in self-defense and is a diplomat who should be released immediately under international conventions.
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I will limit myself to noting that the legal answer is, in my view, yes — but how you get to yes differs depending upon whether you think this particular targeting is in an armed conflict in a strict legal sense, or whether you think it is an act of legitimate self-defense, as the Legal Adviser referenced in his ASIL speech.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Opinio Juris Discussions of Targeting of US Citizen
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Privately he thanked me, knowing I could have killed him in the name of self-defense.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption
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This does not exclude the right of justified self-defense of individuals or communities.
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Natalie had done a little of everything, from arcane self-defense disciplines and sweat lodges to feng shui and jazz dancing.
AMERICAN GODS
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But when Tabu-Tabu put up his hands after the most approved method of self-defense and dropped into a "crouch,
Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates
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When the number of slaves becomes so great that the master can not profitably employ them, he manumits them in self-defense.
Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject
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And if the evidence for charges relating to his hostile acts indicates that he was acting in self-defense, then his conduct is as justifiable as would be an assault on a police officer who commits an unprovoked attack on a person.
Balkinization
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There are reasons to defend a poor people, to revolt against an evil government, seize dominions, disagreements, holding land, invasion, self-defense, and so on and so forth.
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The possible alternatives - fear of Russian revanchism, desire for self-defense, German enthusiasm for expansion, a wish for these countries to cement their status as stable democracies - are certainly not compelling.
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Given the relentless nature of the systemic torment and slaughter of millions of other sentient beings that take place day after day, violent responses from nonhuman animal lovers are inevitable and are a morally acceptable means of extensional self-defense on behalf of the voiceless, defenseless victims.
He no longer heard the cries of the animals or saw the flowing blood....
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The term doctrine is used to refer to a principle of law, in the common law traditions, established through a history of past decisions, such as the doctrine of self-defense, or the principle of fair use.
"Death of Democracy: The Erosion of Freedom Doctrine of the Seond American Revolution" Chapters 1-3
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Inaccurate and dangerous, muskets are not very useful for crime or self-defense.
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Cabinet-level approval of legislation that would authorize dispatch of Self-Defense Forces personnel could come as early as today.
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After-market grips on self-defense handguns (and sporting sidearms as well) create a better fit between customer and product.
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The self-defense system ensures protection from guided and unguided weapons of the enemy's fighters attacking the aircraft from its front and rear hemispheres.
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The alliance is struggling to overcome differences, with Britain and France seeking more strikes by other NATO nations, particularly the U.S. Washington says it sees no need to change what it calls a supporting role in the campaign and many other NATO nations have rules preventing them from striking Gadhafi's forces except in self-defense.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
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They had been trained in physical fitness and swimming, self-defense and small-arms shooting, first aid and seamanship, firefighting and the proper way to pack a seabag.
Come Again No More
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Such conduct is part of every state's legitimate right of self-defense.
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The two Atlantic Guns stores carry about 40 different softcover book titles on hunting, knives, black powder and self-defense.
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In the Washington administration, the Whiskey rebels raised their own flag; in the Adams administration, Virginia questioned federal law and readied the armory at Richmond for self-defense; Gouverneur Morris, the peglegged aristocrat who drafted the Constitution in 1787, scornfully called, a quarter of a century later, for a secession of the north, even at the risk of civil war.
America's First Dynasty
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* Goldstone called the allegation that the report encourages terror and negates Israel's right to self-defense "quite untrue and a fallacious attempt to win opposition to what is contained in the report*.
Qwaider Planet
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Meeting the sincere concern in his gaze, feeling the instant leap of her senses to the powerful magneticizm of his presence, Faye reacted in self-defense, seeking hostility rattier than pleasantries.
The Arabian Mistress
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He wrongly interprets _natural_ self-defense as a sign of habitual crabbedness.
Certain Success
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That is, if the CIA operates drone strikes against a target in Somalia, for example, it might apply the self-defense rationale and say that it is not an armed conflict, and is instead an act of self-defense simpliciter.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare, the CIA, and Charlie Savage’s NYT Article
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Uses of force, including drone strikes, go where the targets go, whether within the existing zone of hostilities or elsewhere, but those uses of force might or might not — depending on the level and extent of hostilities — constitute armed conflict; a drone strike might be a self-defense action simpliciter.
The Volokh Conspiracy » My House Testimony in “Drones II”
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The tactics of social movements, too, may vary, ranging from moral suasion to civil disobedience, from demonstrations to petitioning, and from armed self-defense to armed struggle.
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It only prohibits *lawful* use, and if the use of weapons for self-defense were prohibited by any law, they would not be a lawful use, and thus not prohibited by this law.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Academic Officiousness Gets Results:
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Fitness programs feature water aerobics, self-defense techniques and strength training.
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It was an act of self-defense in the face of blood-curdling threats to vanquish the Jewish state, not to mention the maritime blockade of the Straits of Tiran, the abrupt withdrawal of UN peacekeeping forces, and the redeployment of Egyptian and Syrian troops.
David Harris: Why History Matters: The 1967 Six-Day War
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Your resort — I think I can call it that — to self-defense as a legal justification for targeted killing in counterterrorism is of relatively recent vintage.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Predator Drone Warfare — Assorted Links
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I'm a grown person with masculine proclivities and habits of self-defense, but there is a time when all systems of egotism and predominance fail.
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We are defending the country by ceding our own powers of self-defense to a set of managers external to ourselves.
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And balanced against this country's self-defense needs, we cannot say that the district court erred in concluding that the electronic surveillance here did not trench upon Ivanov's Fourth Amendment rights.
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For instance, if it was a mistake he'd made delivering a speech, he'd buy a book on public speaking, or in the case of a fist fight, he might consider a book on self-defense.
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In my view, establishing what he called a quarantine, what the world thought of as a blockade, and preventing if you will the Soviet Union from placing nuclear missiles in Cuba, that was certainly self-defense, it was certainly anticipatory self - defense, it was certainly preventative, and we were very close to a crisis of historic proportions.
CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2002
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Eyewitnesses and Mr. Alvarez's attorneys have said the gun recovered at the scene belonged to Mr. Soto, and that Mr. Alvarez would have only had the weapon because he wrestled it awayfrom Mr. Sotoin self-defense.
Melee Charges Rejected
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It was indeed a strategy, but it derived its force from the willing abdication of the right to physical self-defense.
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She most likely has experience in law enforcement or the military, though she may simply be a self-defense advocate or a dedicated hobbyist with uncommon self-possession .
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I do not believe the CIA would have a turf difficulty with that — I could be wrong — but I have the strong impression that the CIA believes that its longterm comparative advantage in the use of force is … discrete, intelligence driven, high value, deniable, covert uses of force - an in a legal sense, the “pure” self-defense, not in an armed conflict, part of “use of force.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare, the CIA, and Charlie Savage’s NYT Article
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Again, it took place in northern BC and a rooky copy said it was self-defense because he was being choked.
Who Watches the Watchmen: Police Investigating Themselves « Colleen Anderson
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But if the victim was a blackguard, is the shooter entitled to claim provocation or self-defense or some other statutory excuse to reduce the charge to one of manslaughter or even a simple assault?
The Famous Black-McKaig Trial
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The shooting was in pure self-defense.
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Anyway, I just think that the anal gland approach to self-defense is both practical and ingenious - and far more convenient than carrying mase!
Turn Up the Funny, Turn Down the Suck
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She was the only witness to the killing, and to make the case for self-defense, her lawyers had to put her on the stand.
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Natalie had done a little of everything, from arcane self-defense disciplines and sweat lodges to feng shui and jazz dancing.
AMERICAN GODS
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They point out that Rand decisively rejects the use of force except in self-defense.
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Next time you see him, try one of your self-defense moves on him.
READY?
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You thought that liberals fully displayed their illogic - and lack of understanding of liberty - with oppressive self-defense laws and gun laws?
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But for many Myrtle Beach residents, including the majority of its elected officials, the moves are a form of self-defense against what they call nonstop civil disrespect -- a month-long May invasion that has outgrown its destination.
ABC News: ABCNews
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One of the secrets to his success was the martial arts discipline tae kwon do, a form of unarmed self-defense that requires intense training of the body and the mind.
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The best-known traditional Korean sport is the martial art of tae kwon do, taught by Koreans to people throughout the world as a popular form of self-defense.
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The round is designed by Tom Burczynski, who brought us the famous Hydra-Shok and Starfire centerfire self-defense rounds.
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To say as Obama inferred in his Oslo speech that the greater plunge into Afghanistan is self-defense, with proportional force and sparing civilians from violence is a scale of self-delusion or political cowardliness that is dejecting his liberal base.
Archive 2009-12-01
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Inaccurate and dangerous, muskets are not very useful for crime or self-defense.
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This violence, which included an attempt to feed her a lit cigaret, resulted in the elephant lashing out in self-defense.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
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The will certainly comes into play here: the performer wishes to devote himself to sport, or to dancing, or to the arts of self-defense, to compete in matches, etc .... but in order to _will_ this it is necessary that he should have practised continually, thus making ready the apparatus on which the volitive act will finally depend, and to which it will issue its commands.
Spontaneous Activity in Education
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Self-defense training and kata can prepare us to respond to this secondary level attack, preventing the escalation to a tertiary level of confrontation.
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Some types of pedicellariae and specialized spines of urchins contain venom used in self-defense.
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• Eye For A Head Bill: A bill that will allow Texan citizens to respond to personal attacks with exponential force in the name of self-defense.
Pablo Andreu: Texas Allows Nukes on College Campuses
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Many Americans know this as the case involving a clean-cut former Special Forces soldier turned diplomat who fired in self-defense as two Pakistanis were trying to rob him.
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Middleton says crisis and self-defense students may become hyper-vigilant at first, but ultimately they feel more confident.
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In the West, the jab and the haymaker are the most common striking assaults in self-defense situations.
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In addition, a few university students have started a campaign urging that students and faculty be permitted to bring firearms on campus for self-defense.
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Fitness programs feature water aerobics, self-defense techniques and strength training.
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She learned karate for self-defense: ‘I was afraid that he would outfight me.’
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Thus, the President argued a limited moral case for the merits of the war, a projection of force in self-defense against those who would harbor, aid, and abet those who attacked us.
Discourse.net: Mr. Obama's War -- And Ours
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Before we can even be in a position to make such a choice the democratic model of self-defense will have to be reanimated.
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Besides, I wasn't going to be waiting around by the phone, because Monday night was self-defense night.
READY?
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The shooting was in pure self-defense.
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SCOTUS punted in constraining the very general right to keep and bear arms to simply self-defense purposes.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Clinton staff: “We are taking the law and bending it as far as we can to capture a whole new class of guns.” Kagan wrote the Clinton ban on gun imports.
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He summarized much legal and philosophical argument by specifying four criteria of preemption as self-defense.
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Most teachers think if they are teaching a martial art, such as karate, kung fu, aikido or judo, their students are learning self-defense.
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That is, the proof must be given beyond a reasonable doubt that she did not act in self-defense -
THE WIDOW'S TRIAL
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He summarized much legal and philosophical argument by specifying four criteria of preemption as self-defense.
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(The paper itself does mention self-defense provisions in contemporaneous state constitutions and then nods to the 9th before genuflecting at the altar of the 14th.)
Balkinization
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Most religions and agnostic philosophies agree that individuals have the right to kill in self-defense when faced with immediate mortal danger.
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They point out that Rand decisively rejects the use of force except in self-defense.
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Interestingly, in most states, the law except in Florida requires you to walk away from a fight if you can, *except* in your own home, where you can shoot someone and it’s considered self-defense.
Self defense and the reasonable woman
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The testimony presented offered a strong case for acquitting her on grounds of self-defense.
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`It was self-defense, as they call it, but who's going to believe me?
THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
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Dude, I REALLY want to learn some sort of self-defense art … you know, the kind of thing that would ACTUALLY WORK if you got jacked, as opposed to doing Karate kicks and then getting your ass beat down by a big grappler.
How to fail at your goals | Johnny B. Truant
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The U.S. says it sees no need to change what it calls a supporting role in the campaign - even though it has still been flying a third of the missions - and many other NATO nations have rules preventing them from striking Gadhafi's forces except in self-defense.
The Seattle Times
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Spain committed its own fouls, to be sure, but in contrast to the vicious ones of the Dutch -- the most egregious coming early in the game, when Nigel de Jong planted his cleats in the chest of Xabi Alonso -- Spain's fouls looked like rightful self-defense, an impression reinforced the more frequently de Jong's cleated foul was replayed in slow-motion.
Carla Seaquist: World Cup Final: Finally, the Good Guys Win
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Now that this premise is being accepted, what other non-armed conflict where self-defense is important for the State ‘situation’ would be appropriate for continued expansion of drone usage?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Predator Drone Warfare — Assorted Links
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It allows for the self-defense of Japan's homeland but prohibits collective defense.
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Recall that, in justified self-defense or defense of others, the intent cannot be to kill the aggressor, but rather to stop the attack.
"Can the killing of abortionists be justified?"
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This self-defense strategy is fine as far as it goes, but it addresses only half of the prevention equation.
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Lit theorists point out that he was an "absurdist" partially in self-defense; his father was sent to debtor's prison when he was only thirteen, and he was forced after that to get a job to support himself.
Archive 2008-11-01
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I tell him that nothing comes before family and I would try to claim self-defense.
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It was both a humanitarian intervention (toppling one of the world's most brutal dictators) and an act of self-defense ( "the administration's grandiose rhetoric about pre-emption" is merely a dysphemistic way of saying this).
The Case for Inhumane Intervention
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Rather, it is that some revision of the definition of self-defense is necessary.
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I tell him that nothing comes before family and I would try to claim self-defense.
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Their vision of murderesses and female infanticides as victims and of their murders as motivated by self-defense was part of a strategy of systematic confrontation.
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Preemptive attacks are generally regarded as justified in self-defense.
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As a former self-defense instructor, I can safely affirm that the best way to avoid injury by an attacker is to fight back.
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Apparently, he was still obsessed with the desire to learn the art of manly self-defense and concluded jujitsu offered him the best hope.
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For example, Ralph Nader recently wrote in his In the Public Interest column, To say as Obama inferred in his Oslo speech that the greater plunge into Afghanistan is self-defense, with proportional force and sparing civilians from violence is a scale of self-delusion or political cowardliness that is dejecting his liberal base.
Anti-War Movement Wakes Up From Obama-Induced Slumber
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This does not exclude the right of justified self-defense of individuals or communities.
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From an ethical standpoint, such acts would be readily justifiable as a form of extensional self-defense on behalf of voiceless, defenseless sentient beings.
To dam the torrential rivers of blood and to silence the cacophony of their agonized cries....
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From the perspective of the fundamental national security of the United States, this action is legitimately viewed as an expression of self-defense.
Dr. David P. Gushee: 'Do Not Rejoice When Your Enemies Fall'
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In self-defense sprays, oleoresin capsicum (OC, or ‘pepper spray’) still rules.
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Whatever moral authority we may have to allow or disallow other nations to possess weapons of mass destruction rests on our inviolate commitment to use our weapons only in self-defense.
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The scent is released in self-defense when they are provoked or feel threatened.
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He shoots ducks, pheasants, wild boar, and in self-defense he wouldn't hesitate to kill a bear.
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Killing a human being is always a repulsive act, but at times it is unavoidable, as in self-defense, or in war.
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Since, in the last analysis, self-determination means self-defense, it would provide, although dilatorily, assistance in military organization.
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The same principles that are used for healing in acupuncture and acupressure massage are also used in oriental martial arts for fighting and self-defense.
SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1000
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In addition, anxiety triggers the "fight or flight" reflex that sends blood away from the central body, including the penis, and out toward the limbs for escape or self-defense.
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We have a constitutional right to keep weapons for self-defense.
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In such situations, shipboard sensors will be employed sparingly and, except in unusual occasions, primarily in self-defense.
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By these rules he and his disciples have spent about 120 years perfecting the most effective and efficient self-defense system known.
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The ninjas emerged in a small area around today's towns of Iga-Ueno and KMka, where in the middle ages villages became fed up with Japan's warlords and set about forming themselves into self-defense communes.
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Rather, it is that some revision of the definition of self-defense is necessary.
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It justifies the actions in the name of self-defense, "to prevent any future acts of international terrorism" against the U.S.
Killing Was Legal Under U.S. and International Law, Many Experts Say
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If he predicted a revolutionary crisis, it was to come from a life-and-death struggle of the working people in self-defense, in a desperate effort to protect economic and political rights, but especially _political_ rights, which, as the labor unionist, von Elm, said at this congress, were "the key to all.
Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement
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Up ahead, a shepherd's dogs snarl, prompting one of our boatmen to tear into a bush and hand us branches for self-defense.
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Earlier on Saturday, the Qaddafi government appeared to be laying the groundwork for a potential strike in the name of self-defense.
NYT > Global Home
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But the real climax is reached when Kelly shouts over the telephone "Of course, in self-defense, you fool, _of course_, in self-defense.
Writing for Vaudeville
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So the outcome is proportionate and congruent with international principles of self-defense.
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It was indeed a strategy, but it derived its force from the willing abdication of the right to physical self-defense.
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Brian Williams, women's self-defense instructor, demonstrates how to break a chokehold to Erin Clair, a sophomore and double major in pre-med physiology and anthropology.
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