To know that other veiwpoints exist, and to respect them is a functional philosophy... but it suffers from questions such as:
If person A veiws rape as a linkage to a deity, should they be able to rape person B out of respect for their philosophy?
Most things have limits... and respect is one of them. It can go a long ways, but as with tolerance: it can only go so far. Unless you cross the lines with faith, as those of faith often do: your faith will be respectable.
Guns do kill people... but people murder people. A slick floor can kill people... but it takes something that can plan to commit a crime. A gun killing person A is a tragedy... person B who planned to kill A with the gun has commited a crime.
A person who forgot to checkout one thing at a grocery store, and walks out has had an accident. An accident can be tragic, funny, or stupid... but it is not a crime when the unexpected occurs. It is a crime when a malicious action was planned to occur. This might include theft, rape, murder... of the kind that the truly evil, or tragically unfortunate, would commit.
But for a moment of lost control to be a crime? If person A were to go crazy for a few minutes because of sexual lust... and it resulted in the rape of person B... it would be a tragedy, and A would be sent to yoga class (or something) to help him stay in control in future, and recompanse (sp?) B until he/she felt that the damage from the accident had been paid for.
This is a crime: Person C stakes cyber-stalks person D for a week, gets D to meet him face to face, and rapes him/her. This is the sort of person that should be targeted by the law... not people who have accidents. It is a criminal who is willing to do the killing... and our current gun laws (keep them away from civilians when possible) only let true criminals get away with more crime, without as much fear of being shot.
/yawn, i'd write more, but it is 3:00, and i is L'sleepy. Have a good day.
If person A veiws rape as a linkage to a deity, should they be able to rape person B out of respect for their philosophy?
Most things have limits... and respect is one of them. It can go a long ways, but as with tolerance: it can only go so far. Unless you cross the lines with faith, as those of faith often do: your faith will be respectable.
Guns do kill people... but people murder people. A slick floor can kill people... but it takes something that can plan to commit a crime. A gun killing person A is a tragedy... person B who planned to kill A with the gun has commited a crime.
A person who forgot to checkout one thing at a grocery store, and walks out has had an accident. An accident can be tragic, funny, or stupid... but it is not a crime when the unexpected occurs. It is a crime when a malicious action was planned to occur. This might include theft, rape, murder... of the kind that the truly evil, or tragically unfortunate, would commit.
But for a moment of lost control to be a crime? If person A were to go crazy for a few minutes because of sexual lust... and it resulted in the rape of person B... it would be a tragedy, and A would be sent to yoga class (or something) to help him stay in control in future, and recompanse (sp?) B until he/she felt that the damage from the accident had been paid for.
This is a crime: Person C stakes cyber-stalks person D for a week, gets D to meet him face to face, and rapes him/her. This is the sort of person that should be targeted by the law... not people who have accidents. It is a criminal who is willing to do the killing... and our current gun laws (keep them away from civilians when possible) only let true criminals get away with more crime, without as much fear of being shot.
/yawn, i'd write more, but it is 3:00, and i is L'sleepy. Have a good day.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
