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EricHiggin on 07 November 2018
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Machiavellian said:
EricHiggin said:

You just answered why. The fact that I posed those questions, and at least one made you explain how it would make the situation different, is the entire point. You were the one who was talking about how much, if any, would be more at fault between the killer and the person of influence. If the person who commits the act, isn't simply doing it because their a cold blooded killer, but because they stand to lose as much as you, or more, I would personally say that changes their level of fault in the scenario. The question you pose cannot be just a simple basic general question without me giving a simple basic generic answer, and I've already explained I can't do that because I believe it's not the case for every situation.

You sure I answered why.  You gave so many excuses, I thought I would narrow down your rational to get you to actually make a decision instead of giving me a hundred what ifs as if anyone would care.  Since you appear to care about a thousand permutations, I thought it best to try to limit you to one dimension so I can get a direct answer.

Who cares if they did it because they are a cold bloodied killer or that they were confused or that they mistook you for someone else.  Who cares if they could lose as much as you  or they are a nice guy or feed the hungry.  Who cares if they are a priest or a teacher or any other excuse you can dream up to not answer a direct question.  The basic question, if someone ask another person to kill your kids DO YOU believe they are just as guilty as the person committing the crime.

In another effort to remove all excuses so what would you believe absolves a person from asking another person to kill your kids.  lets try the reverse psychology route.  So what scenario would you believe a person is not just as guilty as the person who actually committed the crime.  You can limit it to just one answer.

Like when Trump said 'I like a guy who can give a good body slam'. If someone went out and body slammed another politician and killed them, I would give Trump almost no blame, and the body slammer the overwhelming majority.

As for who cares, if the killer is mentally challenged/ill, are you really going to give them equal blame?