In contrast to New York, and against the advice of experts, Illinois did not rewrite the law to include an exception for arming oneself when there was a reasonable fear of imminent danger.

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First, companies must take care not to put customers in "unforeseen" danger, assuming that those customers act in a "reasonable" manner when interacting with the product or service.

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First, companies must take care not to put customers in "unforeseen" danger, assuming that those customers act in a "reasonable" manner when using a product or service. (Repeatedly jabbing a bottle of Coca-Cola in your eye and suing for damages probably wouldn't fly in court, for example).

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Florida's statute makes it clear that the justification is not available to a person who initially provokes the use of force against himself, unless such force is so great that the person reasonably believes that he is in imminent danger of death or great bodily harm and that he has exhausted every reasonable means to escape.

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There remains a risk in terms of timing: cut too early and it could jeopardise the country's fragile economic recovery. (The latest figures show a services sector in reasonable upswing but manufacturing considerably weaker than expected.) But before this week there was also a danger of Britain's debt crisis getting out of hand.

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It is perfectly reasonable to demand higher safety standards when the risk is completely out of the control of the person exposed to the danger.

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