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Your 'big difference' is _intent_, a flighty, volatile emotion that no rational person will ever care to account for.
by Retra 12y ago
Your 'big difference' is _intent_, a flighty, volatile emotion that no rational person will ever care to account for.
- sp332 12y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea
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- Retra 12y agoThe whole point of my post is that this kind of thinking is bullshit. Saying "the courts do it" doesn't contradict that, it's just an appeal to history or authority.
- sp332 12y agoIf I break the plates, you might be able to get restitution from me. You can't get that from a bumpy road. Also, you might be able to avoid broken plates in the first place by threatening me with jail time. You can't threaten a road into being less rough. The intention of a person completely changes the threat profile and mitigation strategy, that's why it's a big deal.
- Retra 12y agoOnly if you can predict intent. Which you can't.
- fleitz 12y agoExactly, lets not judge people on their bad results, but their good intentions.