Ah, Pride...

OnyxCougar · 10-06-2003, 07:21 PM

He died, not because she stabbed him, but because HE REFUSED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. Whether she is guilty of hurting the man is not in question here. What is in question is that she is being tried for MURDER because her husband REFUSED to seek medical treatment. It's not even close to the same thing, tw.

If he had gone to the doctor and died, I wouldn't have a problem with her charge of murder, and would hope she would be able to use self defense.

But he DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR.

So use a different example, tw. One that is similar to the situation.

So in your example, yes, you should be tried for murder, although it was self defense. If you stabbed him with a butter knife and he wandered off, then died 3 days later because he refused to go to a doctor, should you be charged for murder? Absolutely not.

10-06-2003, 07:21 PM	#1
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	He died, not because she stabbed him, but because HE REFUSED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. Whether she is guilty of hurting the man is not in question here. What is in question is that she is being tried for MURDER because her husband REFUSED to seek medical treatment. It's not even close to the same thing, tw. If he had gone to the doctor and died, I wouldn't have a problem with her charge of murder, and would hope she would be able to use self defense. But he DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR. So use a different example, tw. One that is similar to the situation. So in your example, yes, you should be tried for murder, although it was self defense. If you stabbed him with a butter knife and he wandered off, then died 3 days later because he refused to go to a doctor, should you be charged for murder? Absolutely not. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

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