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Kyo · 10-27-2003, 10:01 PM

But you must agree that somebody who has made such a mistake is not to be trusted as much as someone who has not. And some mistakes are easier to make than others - the severity of the offense must be taken into account.

People break plates and drinking glasses all the time, whether they are especially clumsy or not. The sheer number of such objects that people handle in their lifetime means that just by random chance alone a significant number of them will be broken. This does not mean we start handing the person unbreakable plastic or steel cups.

Most people, however, will go their entire lives without murdering someone - and murder, by definition, is a premeditated action, it can't be an accident. Therefore, we will treat a murderer with a high degree of caution - it would be naive and idiotic to the point of suicide to do otherwise.

It's also been said that having done something once makes it easier to do again. I've heard that this applies to heinous crimes as well as everyday habits and immoral behavior.

Cheating is a premeditated action, and therefore falls closer to murder and rape than you would think. In all cases, it requires you to make a concious decision - in this case, the wrong one - about your actions. And you must make the decision with full knowledge that there is a right way and a wrong way.

How many times is it going to take before you become a serial offender? Even if I murder 200 people, you can't say with any amount of certainty that I will kill another person. Maybe I was aiming for 200. Maybe I didn't have a goal but got tired of slaughter. It comes down to how much you can take, and really, one betrayal is one too many. Trust is like your mother's good china - extremely fragile, and very difficult to repair or replace.

10-27-2003, 10:01 PM	#37 (permalink)
Kyo Crazy	But you must agree that somebody who has made such a mistake is not to be trusted as much as someone who has not. And some mistakes are easier to make than others - the severity of the offense must be taken into account. People break plates and drinking glasses all the time, whether they are especially clumsy or not. The sheer number of such objects that people handle in their lifetime means that just by random chance alone a significant number of them will be broken. This does not mean we start handing the person unbreakable plastic or steel cups. Most people, however, will go their entire lives without murdering someone - and murder, by definition, is a premeditated action, it can't be an accident. Therefore, we will treat a murderer with a high degree of caution - it would be naive and idiotic to the point of suicide to do otherwise. It's also been said that having done something once makes it easier to do again. I've heard that this applies to heinous crimes as well as everyday habits and immoral behavior. Cheating is a premeditated action, and therefore falls closer to murder and rape than you would think. In all cases, it requires you to make a concious decision - in this case, the wrong one - about your actions. And you must make the decision with full knowledge that there is a right way and a wrong way. How many times is it going to take before you become a serial offender? Even if I murder 200 people, you can't say with any amount of certainty that I will kill another person. Maybe I was aiming for 200. Maybe I didn't have a goal but got tired of slaughter. It comes down to how much you can take, and really, one betrayal is one too many. Trust is like your mother's good china - extremely fragile, and very difficult to repair or replace. __________________ Sure I have a heart; it's floating in a jar in my closet, along with my tonsils, my appendix, and all of the other useless organs I ripped out.