Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoELI5 how can a person in Florida of all places without firing a shot be charged with attempted assassination? I get the sniper in Penn. But was he just holding a gun in bushes whitch is legal in Florimessage-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareELI5 how can a person in Florida of all places without firing a shot be charged with attempted assassination? I get the sniper in Penn. But was he just holding a gun in bushes whitch is legal in FloriDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down3·4 hours ago…yeah? Was there a point you were circling around or you just like saying random facts?
minus-squarebasmatii@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·3 hours agoThe usual meaning behind that kind of response is “maybe the old ways aren’t good just because that’s how we’ve always done it.”
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·49 minutes agoYeah, but judging crimes by intent is not one of those things we should stop.
minus-squarebasmatii@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-226 minutes agoI’m pretty sure we should. We do not judge anything else by intent. I cannot get paid a million dollars because I intended to do a million dollars worth of work but got high and ate all the tasty, tasty wire sleeves instead.
…yeah? Was there a point you were circling around or you just like saying random facts?
The usual meaning behind that kind of response is “maybe the old ways aren’t good just because that’s how we’ve always done it.”
Yeah, but judging crimes by intent is not one of those things we should stop.
I’m pretty sure we should. We do not judge anything else by intent. I cannot get paid a million dollars because I intended to do a million dollars worth of work but got high and ate all the tasty, tasty wire sleeves instead.