I will admit that it would be possible to consider my actions as sophistry and justification but I must feed. I chose to live. The Nazarene pointed out my options and I chose to live. So I must feed. And if I must feed, I will not do so upon those who are innocent. I did that once. Never again. I have always traveled through places where there are those who would prey upon the innocent because there is little in the way of law and those who enforce the law so I prey upon the predators.
There is law here so I would not encroach upon it.