Tandem .... give it up. You are wrong.

I am sorry but the idea is Entuitrley a legal concopet---that you cannot use the fact that you did not know that you were breaking the law to evade punishemnt.

That is not a "consequence" becaise the idea in most criminals' minds is that they Will evade consequences ... and most do.

The idea that a jury imposing a sentence is equivalent to getting wet while raining ... not the same.

What you are trying to say is "What you don't know, Can hurt you." And that is a nice, general aphorism which can be used in many situations.

You are using a phrase like "If you lay that screwdriver across those two terminals, you will short it out and probably fry yourself" and trying to make it apply to any situation where two people or things are brought together and cause a reaction.

You can go from the general to the specific, but going the other way you lose the meaning. If you bring together a rabid Republican and a raving Democrat, they might or might not get into a stupid debate over a stupid issue ... but nothing will "short out" even metaphorically, and no one will get electrocuted.

I am sorry but you know ... you can only be right all the time in one place, and that is in your mind and that is only if you are psychotic.

When you take an EXTREMELY specific phrase and try to pretend it has a general meaning, you are lying to yourself and confusing everyone else.

Just give it up.

If you don't just relax and be normal ... I will go out and kill a sapling. Do you want the sap of a baby tree on your hands (figuratively)?

Just chill out. There are better debates.