necoandjeff wrote:

> I'll give you a hint, when I refer to your sense of guilt above as being
> metaphysical, I'm referring to the fact that it is something that is not
> perceptible to the senses.

Why is "guilt" not perceptible to the senses? Let OJ give an honest account of
what he did or did not do, and he would certainly be able to tell you whether
he killed or not, as he does not claim bad memory.

> It takes a rather simple mind to state the obvious, like a criminal should be
> punished because they did it. But that is the goal not the issue. The law has
> to deal with how one is to go about reaching a conclusion regarding one's
> guilt and handing the state the power to act on that conclusion by taking
> one's freedom, or perhaps their life.

And does it not bother you that OJ is demanded to pay millions of dollars for
being "found" more likely than not to be liable for two deaths, as opposed to
it being one punishment for actually doing it?

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