On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:44:17 +0900, Raj Feridun
<rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:

>On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:29:46 +0900, Michael Cash
><mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:
>
>>>He accidentally picked his son up and bodyslammed him, thus murdering 
>>>him.
>
>>Yeah, I got that part. But the prime component of a murder charge is
>>intent (殺意). No intent = no murder. So was he actually convicted on
>>the charge of murder? Or was the use of the word "murder" in the
>>article attributable to some dumbass reporter who doesn't know the
>>fucking difference?
>
>No, clearly his intent was to get the little runt to shut the hell up
>and he achieved this goal quite nicely by murdering him.

You can call it murder, and I can call it murder. We can all call it
murder.

My point was that as far as criminal law is concerned, not every
killing is a murder. And if the judge says the father didn't intend to
kill, then the prime element of a murder charge is missing.





--

Michael Cash

"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."

                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College