Thread:Evolved To'kustar/@comment-2251739-20120225082832/@comment-2251739-20120225100043

I didn't say drunks who kill people by accident have rights...

If they hit first, you are allowed to do ANYTHING to get away or get to safety in ANY FORM, including killing the attacker. It is only manslaughter if you hit first and kill them. If you kill the attacker, you are completely justified. But ONLY if you are DEFENDING YOURSELF. If you find some other way to disable them so you can get away, you can do that, but killing someone who would attack you randomly should be killed, and you have the right to kill them (If they hit you first).

If you kill someone by accident, it is "involuntary manslaughter" and you go to jail. If you kill someone purposefully JUST to kill them, it is manslaughter. Maybe that's not true in Australia, but here, you can do ANYTHING to defend yourself.