RE: Evidence to Convict?
August 3, 2017 at 9:21 am
(This post was last modified: August 3, 2017 at 9:22 am by Whateverist.)
(August 2, 2017 at 12:55 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: So I did post this in another thread, but I thought that many might have tuned out in that, and I'm interested in getting a view of peoples opinions. Besides I never did a poll before, and thought in might be fun, as well as provide an option for those who don't want to comment. I apologize in advance for those who like many options to a poll, but this is an excluded middle type of question (either A or Not A).
So a hypothetical question. A few of us, along with some strangers are sitting in a room (say 11 people in total) I'm trying to have a discussion with spmeone, and he just keeps calling me names, refuses to engage in anything, and just repeats back any accusation I make without even paying attention to the context. (you know the child's game of I know you are but what am I). I lose it, and hit him over the head with a chair, seriously injuring him (blind sided him of course). No one lets me leave, until the cops get there. Everyone gives slightly different accounts. Some seen the whole thing, some where distracted until the ruckus broke out. But everyone reports the same story, that I maliciously injured somebody. And their is no other evidence found, with which to specifically identify me as the culprit.
Is anyone seriously going to tell me, that they have no evidence with which to hold and convict me? That it's just one story against mine? If the nightly news didn't cover it, does that negate the others claims (after all what self respecting news reporter is going to air a story without evidence)? Do we need a scientist to duplicate the event in a lab in order to evidence the story? Do we need to find someone in the room that doesn't believe the claim, but corroborates it? Do their accounts need to include mundane details about who I am, like I fart on the bus and blame other people. Is the testimony of these 10 other people the claim or the evidence.
Now none of this is true, it's a hypothetical. Don't worry, I don't wish anyone ill will, and actually pray for your wellbeing. However the reasoning behind an answer doesn't rely on it being real (just like substituting a variable into an equation).
How would you honestly answer, This is only about this scenario, not considering anything else.
Also note, I'm not here to discuss or persuade anyone. I'm interested in others opinions. Comments welcome...preferably about the topic
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Just to be clear, are you alleging to have risen from the dead prior to hitting the rude person over the head? Because if our charge against you is simply about you lashing out in anger over rude treatment then I think hearsay that is reported uniformly by all present is sufficient so long as nothing 'supernatural' is entailed.