MAMEWorld Forums - Welcome to the War Room - Re: The enemy of my enemy is my friend, part II

> > But, I'll take your remark saying that it was "a good thing" in that they should
> > learn their lesson... And hopefully not that he was acquitted. Because, accident or
> > not, he definitely is responsible for her death.
>
> So are you saying it would be a "good thing" if he were found guilty of a crime he
> didn't commit? It's a "good thing" he was acquitted of first-degree murder, because
> prosecuting someone for a crime they didn't commit is injustice. He couldn't be found
> guilty of manslaughter because the corrupt DA charged him for the wrong crime.

I won't assume you're saying he wasn't guilty of ANY crime, because, I'm pretty sure, nobody in their right mind would think that.

I know the "court of law" is steeped in bureaucracy, legalese, etc. By saying he was guilty of 1st degree man-slaughter, or whatever, isn't right... when it could be "argued" that what he did was an "accident". Like when someone gets drunk, drives, and ends up killing a family of 5 is also an "accident". What that person should be charged with....? I'm no lawyer, but, yeah... If someone did something, it needs to be well defined, if for anything, to avoid what happened in this case.

>
> edit: Also, how about ~~charing~~ shaming the person who left a loaded gun lying around with
> negligent use of a firearm or something? How about doing something about the stupid
> "gun culture" that allows this kind of situation to happen in the first place?
>

If it was proven that the gun was indeed left unattended, then yeah. Whoever is responsible for that should be reprimanded. But, there's no way that person would be responsible for the woman's death. That'd be like if you got your car stolen because you forgot to lock it, maybe left the keys in it, or the perp hot-wired it, then took it racing, lost control of your car, and ends up killing people. If the person that lost the gun would be responsible for the death of the woman, you'd be just as guilty for someone stealing your car (you weren't in it at the time, so it's "unattended") and killing the people the crook hit. That's not what I'd call fair.

"Gun culture". If you were here in America (not all places, but some), you would be infinitely less likely to be shot by a gun-toting citizen that is law abiding (unless you're committing a crime, or by some astronomical coincidence, caught in cross-fire), and more likely to be shot by a gang-member or some other low-life that has no regard for the law (when you're minding your own business). The case this topic is about is a PERFECT example of this.

> The trouble is, a large chunk of the US is unwilling to engage in any serious
> self-examination, and just wants to point fingers at brown people, or poor people, or
> Russia, or some other convenient bogeyman. As long as you pretend there aren't
> serious issues, you'll never address them.

So it'd be better to pretend the illegal alien was innocent because he was brown?

Point being; People of all colors and economic statuses commit crimes. We shouldn't bow to some BS PC dogma that says just because someone is ~~brown~~ non-white or poor we should make excuses for their crimes.

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Edited by Tomu Breidah (12/06/17 03:59 AM)