Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (53823)	8/5/2002 2:02:30 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

Intent is not all that hard, actually. If you caused something to happen, knew what you were doing, and had a reasonable opportunity to weigh consequences, there was full intent. If one's reason was clouded, or one acted impulsively, in the heat of passion, then intent is diluted, and, in the extreme cases, ceases to exist. If I strike a person down under the impression that I am in a firefight in Vietnam, I should not be treated as a criminal, but as a patient. If I strike a person down as part of a plan to obtain his wealth, I deserve harsh treatment, for having knowingly violated the fundamental tenets of society for mere gain, with premeditation and deliberateness, thus choosing to become predatory. I do not think that depth analysis of motive is involved, only one's relative lucidity in making a choice.......