Mr Finnie, a former policeman, tabled a members' bill at Holyrood calling for the "justifiable assault" defence to be scrapped and for children to be given "equal protection from assault".
I'm not even talking about the lack of context by which Israel is always portrayed as the aggressor, even if it is acting in justifiable self-defence.
In the discussion of what he described in the Provincial Letters as the 'perniciously lax' morality of the Jesuits, Pascal classifies many human actions — such as homicide, in cases where is it not justifiable as self-defence — as obviously immoral, and as widely recognised as such.
This is because parents and carers are able to appeal to a defence of "justifiable assault" or "reasonable punishment" if they are accused of assaulting their child.
At present, parents in Scotland can claim a defence of "justifiable assault" when punishing their child - although the use of an "implement" in any punishment is banned, as is shaking or striking a child on the head.
Only after exhausting its patience vis-a-vis an onslaught of Qassam rockets did Israel decide to use its military power, in the most justifiable act of self-defence.
His lawyers argued he acted in self-defence and with justifiable use of deadly force.
Lawyers for Mr Zimmerman, 29, argued he acted in self-defence and with justifiable use of deadly force.
Lawyers for George Zimmerman, 29, argued he acted in self-defence and with justifiable use of deadly force when he shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
He differentiates this "preventative war" from "preemptive war", which he argues can be justifiable under international law in cases of self-defence.
