The Castle Doctrine
At common law, there is something known as the "castle doctrine." Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Ed. defines it as, "An exception to the retreat rule allowing the use of deadly force by a person who is protecting his or her home and its inhabitants from attack." It is also known as the "Dwelling Defense" or the "Defense of Habitation." Now, my guess is that "castle doctrine" caught on as the popular way of referring to this legal concept because castles are excellent. And that brings me to the thrust of this article: Castles.
I want a castle to live in. If I had a billion dollars, I would build myself a castle. I don't know why these jackasses like Bill Gates get mansions (look here) when they could be building brand new castles or buying existing castles like this one, or this one. Some people have the right idea, like these folks: Person 1 and Person 2. These people here will even build you a castle - now that's sweet.
Of course, right now I don't have a billion dollars, but I will one day. So, let's just say I do get a castle built.
Well, mine would have a moat for sure - it'd be filled with water. I'd have some alligators in there. I don't know what I'd feed them, but hopefully it was captured members of attacking armies and/or thieves. That would work out well since their food bill wouldn't be too high.
But as excellent as having a moat filled with alligators would be, there is a potential snag. If you have a moat, you have to have a drawbridge. Now, drawbridges are excellent, especially for home security, but they do present a problem. Here's why: You always have to lower a drawbridge from the inside, so there's always gotta be someone inside to lower the drawbridge for you. And that's the problem. Allow me to illustrate it for you........
Picture this: you get up one Saturday morning and want to go slay some dragons. Then as you are getting ready to leave you realize everybody else in the castle got up and went out for the day. You're shit out of luck, aren't you?
If you were to leave and go kick some dragon ass, you'd have to leave the drawbridge down, which would leave your castle open to be pillaged, plundered, and worse. And the reason why you'd have to leave the drawbridge down: There'd be nobody inside to raise it up for you. And if by some miracle of God you managed to get it up yourself, there'd be nobody to let it down for you. You'd be locked out of your castle. And then what would you do? Swim across your moat of alligators, raised on the flesh of thieves and/or attacking armies? I don't think so.........
So, castles aren't 100% perfect. But compared to your run of the mill mansion, I can't see a downside to having a castle. And that's my castle doctrine.
I want a castle to live in. If I had a billion dollars, I would build myself a castle. I don't know why these jackasses like Bill Gates get mansions (look here) when they could be building brand new castles or buying existing castles like this one, or this one. Some people have the right idea, like these folks: Person 1 and Person 2. These people here will even build you a castle - now that's sweet.
Of course, right now I don't have a billion dollars, but I will one day. So, let's just say I do get a castle built.
Well, mine would have a moat for sure - it'd be filled with water. I'd have some alligators in there. I don't know what I'd feed them, but hopefully it was captured members of attacking armies and/or thieves. That would work out well since their food bill wouldn't be too high.
But as excellent as having a moat filled with alligators would be, there is a potential snag. If you have a moat, you have to have a drawbridge. Now, drawbridges are excellent, especially for home security, but they do present a problem. Here's why: You always have to lower a drawbridge from the inside, so there's always gotta be someone inside to lower the drawbridge for you. And that's the problem. Allow me to illustrate it for you........
Picture this: you get up one Saturday morning and want to go slay some dragons. Then as you are getting ready to leave you realize everybody else in the castle got up and went out for the day. You're shit out of luck, aren't you?
If you were to leave and go kick some dragon ass, you'd have to leave the drawbridge down, which would leave your castle open to be pillaged, plundered, and worse. And the reason why you'd have to leave the drawbridge down: There'd be nobody inside to raise it up for you. And if by some miracle of God you managed to get it up yourself, there'd be nobody to let it down for you. You'd be locked out of your castle. And then what would you do? Swim across your moat of alligators, raised on the flesh of thieves and/or attacking armies? I don't think so.........
So, castles aren't 100% perfect. But compared to your run of the mill mansion, I can't see a downside to having a castle. And that's my castle doctrine.
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