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I think this is similar to yelling fire in a crowded theater. Someone is trampled to death as people rushed to get out. You didn't trample anyone, you didn't ac
by Simulacra 9y ago
I think this is similar to yelling fire in a crowded theater. Someone is trampled to death as people rushed to get out. You didn't trample anyone, you didn't actually kill anyone, but your verbal actions set in motion a chain of events that caused the death of someone else. I think the same could also be said of someone on social media saying "this guy down the street is a rapist and a child molester, somebody should kill him." Well, if somebody takes you up on that and kills him, you should go to jail for manslaughter. This woman not only set the chain of events in motion, but she actively pushed them along.
- k-mcgrady 9y agoAgreed.
- jnwatson 9y agoThat's quite insightful. I hadn't thought of it that way.
- lettergram 9y agoThe difference is, they didn't cause their death by in sighting panic. They did it by suggesting they do, what they said they wanted to do.