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   "Merrick Baldelli"  wrote in message   
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   > On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:29:35 -0700, SFTVratings   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Merrick Baldelli wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I don't know about that -- it seemed pretty apparent that   
   >>> Windu had beaten back Palpatine to the point that the Dark Side of the   
   >>> Force energy bolts had taken their toll of Palpatine thereby weakening   
   >>> him for an easy kill.  Windu did demand that Palpatine relinquish his   
   >>> Marshall Powers granted to him by the Republic's Senate and wanted to   
   >>> end it peacefully with Palpatine in irons rather than kill him   
   >>> outright and then have to explain it to the Senate.   
   >>>   
   >>> Windu, no matter   
   >>> how much one hoped he would strike the death blow -- simply didn't   
   >>> have it in him to kill that mercilessly.   Remember, Jedi Knights   
   >>> aren't ruthless killers, nor are they ones to act rashly, or even in a   
   >>> vigilante sort of way.  ....   
   >>   
   >>If Windu was not the killing type, why did this conversation happen:   
   >>   
   >>ANAKIN: "You can't kill him; he must stand trial."   
   >>WINDU: "He is too dangerous to let him live."   
   >   
   > So what you're saying is that the next time you say "I'm going   
   > to kill..." about someone doing something that you don't like and I   
   > hear it, I should pick up the phone and call 911?   
      
   If I had reason to believe this was meant literally (as opposed to the   
   colloquial "I'm going to kill") and the victim was someone whose survival I   
   cared about, damn right I would call 911.   
      
   Windu's line was not the colloquial "I'm going to kill." He fully intended   
   to make a widow of Mrs. Sidious right then and there.   
      
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