• SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    If someone punches you to death, declaring they weren’t trying to kill you doesn’t make them any less guilty of murder.

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      6 months ago

      If someone punches you to death, declaring they weren’t trying to kill you doesn’t make them any less guilty of murder.

      Actually, in the US it could. Intent is the difference between murder and manslaughter.

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        6 months ago

        Curious how you moved the goal posts from “not openly stating one’s intent” which was used as justification to claim what Israel is doing is not a Genocide to “not having intent” which is what defines the difference between murder and manslaught.

        People are convicted of murder all the time when they didn’t openly said their intention was murder if it can be shown beyond reasonable doubt that it was their intention.

        So the previous poster’s point holds very well and you just further dug the grave on yours.