RE: Can a mistake be so big, that the one who did will never have your respect again?
February 17, 2019 at 5:48 pm
(This post was last modified: February 17, 2019 at 5:55 pm by bennyboy.)
(February 17, 2019 at 3:07 pm)Shell B Wrote: Intention is huge, except in the course of gross negligence, as you pointed out.
I'd say that it's kind of the same thing-- you have a criminal lack of intent.
As far as I'm concerned, intent or criminal lack of intent should be considered the same-- if you pick up that phone while driving, knowing that everyone, ever, recommended you not do that because you might cause grievous bodily harm or death to another citizen, then I don't think that's actually an accident. There IS intent-- to put other citizens in harm's way by reducing your capacity to protect them from a large moving object. As far as I'm concerned, that degree of disregard for the responsibilities of any sensible social contract merits the protections of the society being withdrawn from you.
At the very least, it should be aggravated homicide-- with a heavy additional sentence added because of the use of the phone. This is very different than, say, hitting someone's kid because you are distracted by some erratic driver in your rearview mirror or something.
