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  1. I'm put in mind of an episode of American Justice I saw recently rerun on television. "Payback for a Bully" - an instance where the defence for murder was how terrible a bully the victim was so they essentially deserved to die.

    Unsurprisingly, the people involved all were convicted for murder.

    Sunday, 20-Aug-17 21:14:38 UTC from community.highlandarrow.com
    1. Someone's bad behaviour never justifies your own bad behaviour.  You have a personal responsibility for your actions.  This is something that people never like to concede.

      Sunday, 20-Aug-17 21:15:21 UTC from community.highlandarrow.com
      1. @maiyannah Something the basic jist of Hammurabi's Code didn't cover, but in the thousands of years since we can safely say it's outdated.

        Sunday, 20-Aug-17 21:17:16 UTC from web
        1. @awl I have always ascribed to the Categorical Imperative.  But most people are more fond of making excuses than morals.

          Sunday, 20-Aug-17 21:19:08 UTC from community.highlandarrow.com
          1. @maiyannah I just tend to think, own what you do.

            Sunday, 20-Aug-17 21:20:14 UTC from web
            1. @awl That works until you get people like Manson or Bundy.

              Sunday, 20-Aug-17 21:21:28 UTC from community.highlandarrow.com
              1. @maiyannah Yeah it isn't an ideal but nothing can cover positively everything. Also I don't think owning what you do absolves you of anything.

                Sunday, 20-Aug-17 21:23:14 UTC from web
    2. @maiyannah The good thing about the law is that it cares more about what you do than about how you feel and even less about how you rationalize your behavior.

      Monday, 21-Aug-17 06:10:25 UTC from community.highlandarrow.com
      1. @verius At least that's how the law is supposed to be.

        Monday, 21-Aug-17 09:23:52 UTC from loadaverage.org