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Originally Posted by Halx
Well Jazz, is whoever lit that blaze going to get jail? I don't think they should. To me, jail is punishment for malicious activity, and also disobeying prominent laws. Every infraction that this indivudal incurred was slight. The results of one bad turn after another is what lead to all the death, and I like I said, that's like blaming the butterfly down in peru who is flapping it's wings right now, and as a result the next big hurricane is going to kill a bunch of people.
I also think the word "liable" should be stricken from the English language.
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Sorry, but I think "liable" is a pretty important word, considering it's the one that keeps me employed - and donating
You're right that some of this guy's actions were small, but personally I think that it's pretty wreckless to set off fireworks indoors without knowing if it's going to be safe, but maybe that's me. If I go out to the train tracks and put a penny on the tracks to see it flattened and it causes a deadly derailment, then I should go to jail. I think that the ferry captain in New York who fell asleep at the wheel and killed 5 or 6 people should go to jail - but by your logic, all the guy did was take a nap when he was tired. If your actions cause someone else's death, you deserve to be punished. Maybe jail time isn't always deserved, but when there are 100 funerals, someone needs to serve time because they screwed up bigtime.