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Old 10-15-13 | 04:35 PM
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I really hate to say this since it makes me sound like someone else on this forum who has the fat cat avatar, but I think it's a reality check that needs to be said so here goes:

Originally Posted by rydabent
. . . irresponsible murder . . .
Are you implying there is such a thing as "responsible murder"?

I understand your grief, and your fear, and your anger about these sort of incidents. But at the same time lets not get carried away and try to push the scales of justice too far the other direction out of fervent passionate and understandable outrage at how they have been unequally weighted to the advantage of the perps. in these cases. Negligent homicide is not murder which requires willful intent.

I do not argue against the fact that at least some of these incidents are not acts of negligence but rather willful intentional assaults using automobile vehicles as weapons and I agree that in such cases they should be prosecuted as such. And I would certainly agree that those situations which are acts of negligence in the operation of a known to be dangerous machine should be dealt with as such under the criminal negligence statutes same as any other form of criminal negligence that results in serious injury or death.

But lets not get all bent totally out of shape, and go too far the other direction, that isn't right or true justice either and makes a bad argument. If you want to convince others of the worthiness and justness of your cause "going off the deep end" will only hurt you in the long run.
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