Reply #242: There's just one problem with your analogy about the poison in the glass. [View All]

You said, suppose I was thirsty and a friend stopped me from taking a glass from a stranger, which would make me angry until I found out that the glass contained poison. The situation in Japan was more like this: instead of stopping me from taking the glass, the friend takes out a .44 Magnum and blows the brains out of the stranger proffering the glass. In the process, the glass is shattered and the contents lost. The friend explains that he was just trying to protect me from drinking what he believed to be poison, because the stranger is from a family that has a history of poisoning people. The friend could say, "How do keep your friends alive when being naive means you don't get a second chance?"