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Machiavellian on 06 November 2018
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EricHiggin said:
Machiavellian said:

This is the problem.  You are still trying to rationalize what others would do to a direct question that I asked what would you do.  I will ask again, would YOU consider if a person tells someone to kill your kids equally to blame for the person killing your kids.  A lot of things change when it's personal.  We can always find some way to rationalize what some mythical other person would do.

As to another question that is direct to you and no rationalizing what others might do, are you saying that no matter what anyone says, if acts of violence is done because they promoted it they do not share any blame.

You have to be more specific about the exact situation. Who said it? Were they the first? Did they get the idea from elsewhere? Did they have a reason to say that because of me? Did the person who did the crime plan on doing it anyway beforehand? Did the killer have a reason to do so because of me? Did the killer get anything else out of it, like money, and from who exactly? How many times has the killer committed a crime? Etc.

I don't necessarily think every single situation should fall under the exact same conclusion.

Lol, so you actually have to ask all of these questions in your mind in order to believe the person asking someone to kill your kids merits the same punishment.  You mean you care if the person had a reason or if you stepped on his foot in a line or if the person who did the crime was thinking of doing it anyway.  I believe we do not need to continue this conversation because I believe you are jerking my chain.  

I will give you my personal opinion.  If someone ask another person to kill my kids, I do not care what the motivation of that person, they would be equal in my eyes to the person committing the crime.