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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11?

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To: TimF who wrote (7697)8/9/2004 2:39:26 PM
From: LPS5  Read Replies (1) of 20039
 
DUI could be considered reckless endangerment.

Yes, and that's the problem: any action, regardless of how small, that results in someone else being hurt or dying could be blamed on someone else being 'reckless;' human beings and their actions are inextricably tied to other human beings and their actions, as we are a gregarious, communal animal. "Reckless endangerment" is among the precariously grey legal definitions that give the government license to intrude upon privacy, curtail civil liberties and/or violate property rights.

Reckless driving is the infraction; not what an individual has in their blood or what they were doing before they got behind the wheel. Similarly, I believe that murder should be a felony, but I don't support the "special circumstances" caveats that delineate such ridiculous legal concepts as (a) "hate crime(s)."

Murder is murder, and reckless driving is reckless driving.

People aren't killed every time someone act in a reckless and dangerous way but laws against such actions are not unreasonable.

That's a valid opinion, and I disagree completely.

LPS5
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