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Old 10-09-2011, 06:37 PM
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Default Re: Conservatives say stupid shit

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You need to study some more.

manslaughter

n. the unlawful killing of another person without premeditation or so-called "malice aforethought" (an evil intent prior to the killing). It is distinguished from murder (which brings greater penalties) by lack of any prior intention to kill anyone or create a deadly situation. There are two levels of manslaughter: voluntary and involuntary. Voluntary manslaughter includes killing in heat of passion or while committing a felony. Involuntary manslaughter occurs when a death is caused by a violation of a non-felony, such as reckless driving (called "vehicular manslaughter"). Examples: Eddy Hothead gets into a drunken argument in a saloon with his acquaintance Bob Bonehead, and Hothead hits Bonehead over the head with a beer bottle, causing internal bleeding and death. Brent Burgle sneaks into a warehouse intent on theft and is surprised by a security man, whom Burgle knocks down a flight of stairs, killing him. Both are voluntary manslaughter. However, if either man had used a gun, a murder charge is most likely since he brought a deadly weapon to use in the crime. The immediate rage in finding a loved one in bed with another followed by a killing before the passion cools usually limits the charge to voluntary manslaughter and not murder, but prior attacks could convince a District Attorney and a jury that the killing was not totally spontaneous. Lenny Leadfoot drives 70 miles per hour on a twisting mountain road, goes off a cliff and his passenger is killed in the crash. Leadfoot can be charged with involuntary manslaughter.
See also: homicide murder
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Explain why it matters the reason why someone that killed another person, if the reason is malicious regardless.
Sure.

A murder is a murder. A person is dead.

A lynching is something else. A person is dead, and a message has been sent.
Right, you want harsher punishment for thought crime.

That works until the wrong people are in control and your thoughts are then defined as criminal.

You guys really need to think beyond the feel good intent.
So just to confirm, you believe that the law should punish someone for what was in their mind at the time when he or she killed another human being?

Let me give you a hint: babbling about "thought crime" is the wrong basis on which to oppose hate crimes legislation. Stealing other people's intellectual property and pasting it here without attribution doesn't help either. Refine the objection and it might stand up better. As it happens, I, too, oppose hate crimes legislation.
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