From: John K Clark (jonkc@att.net)
Date: Fri Nov 29 2002 - 09:57:20 MST
>>Me:
>> If you make a mistake and drive over the head of a child that's
>>as irreversible as making a mistake and executing an innocent man;
>>and there is a nonzero possibility that either or both could happen.
Randall Randall" <wolfkin@freedomspace.net>
> I don't believe that it would really be the same, unless you
deliberately
> set out to drive very near the heads of small children.
Every day I do exactly that, I have to drive through a school crossing, I
obey the law and I haven't hit anybody yet but I know the probability of me
making a mistake and doing so is not zero
>However, I'm willing to accept that for the purposes of argument if you
>are willing to stipulate that executing an innocent is murder, and
carries
>a mandatory execution for the murderer.
I'm not sure what you mean, I don't want a definition, examples are better.
I've had a bad day at work, I'm tried and have a lot on my mind, I don't
notice the school crossing sign so I'm going 5 miles over the speed limit
and I don't see the kid until it's too late. Should I be executed for
murder?
John K Clark jonkc@att.net
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