If you start a fight in a bar and break someone's arm it is criminal because you've just committed a trespass against an individual. A corpse is not an individual. It WAS an individual, but it's just a big sack of meat and bones that is slowly decomposing.
There is no criminal charge corresponding to intentional infliction of emotional distress in most situations (one exception is menacing).
There is no criminal charge corresponding to intentional infliction of emotional distress in most situations (one exception is menacing).
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Some legal questions.
- 12/01/2011 06:16:23 PM
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Yes to both
- 12/01/2011 06:31:14 PM
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No and depends
- 12/01/2011 06:44:02 PM
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Re: No and depends
- 12/01/2011 07:01:35 PM
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Re: No and depends
- 13/01/2011 10:08:15 AM
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No and yes, because of the issue of consent.
- 12/01/2011 07:11:31 PM
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Only people can provide consent. Corpses are not people, just rotting meat. *NM*
- 12/01/2011 08:40:02 PM
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I suppose that's fair, but I wouldn't try selling it to the family.
- 12/01/2011 08:56:30 PM
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You're confusing two separate issues.
- 12/01/2011 09:01:55 PM
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I think the trauma to the familys could (and probably should) be considered criminal as well.
- 12/01/2011 09:07:57 PM
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How? Why?
- 12/01/2011 09:40:32 PM
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I thought the rights of next to kin were pretty generally recognized.
- 13/01/2011 09:54:39 PM
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And I certainly don't think consensual incest should brand someone a sexual predator for life.
- 12/01/2011 07:20:32 PM
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Some personal opinions in the form of answers.
- 12/01/2011 08:37:25 PM
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Re: Some personal opinions in the form of answers.
- 12/01/2011 11:01:50 PM
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no to both
- 12/01/2011 09:43:28 PM
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I'm afraid I'm struggling to see what your actual argument is.
- 12/01/2011 11:14:29 PM
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My argument is that society has the right to say some things are just wrong
- 13/01/2011 12:12:01 AM
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