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If I were to bomb your neighbor's home and in the process accidently kill your wife and your daughter, how would you want a court to handle this? Suppose later I claimed that the reason I bombed your neighbor was that I had reason to believe that he was going to kill me and so took it upon myself to kill him first. I claim I couldn't help it that your family got in the way. Unfortunately, as it turns out my information was wrong. Maybe he really wasn't planning to kill me after all. My defense is this: at the time, I really thought I had good information. Besides, this neighbor of yours was a really bad person and now we're all free of him, so actually you and the rest of society should thank me for this.

What would a legitimate court say about this defense? Who is really responsible for these deaths? Was what I did a crime? Should I have to pay for my mistake in any way? Do I owe compensation to you and your family for my negligence or poor judgment? Should I be put on trial for manslaughter or murder? What would you think about a society or a court that would just let me go without finding any fault at all with what I did?

M.A.G 7/11/04

From The Critical Choice, a new e-book by Mark A. Goldman
Available for download at http://www.gpln.com
For ages 18 and above

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by Anonymous Citizen on Sun Jul 25, 2004 at 06:23:36 PM EST