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Some unintentional crimes are crimes, but many, maybe most require intent. This is called mens rea and it’s so important you’ll learn it in your high school in
by cameldrv 7y ago
Some unintentional crimes are crimes, but many, maybe most require intent. This is called mens rea and it’s so important you’ll learn it in your high school introduction to the law course.
- glofish 7y agoActually what we learn (or should learn in high school) is that pleading ignorance: "I did not know this or that" is a terrible starting argument for many crimes. This is what I was referring to in my observation. Stallman should know better than to argue ignorance. Beyond that, the law is complex and generalizations (which I myself did) run the risk of oversimplifying realities. I was specifically referring to this case, where Stallman argues that his friend was just misled. I believe that argument not just "tone deaf" but actually wrong.