Yes, I was simply pointing out that we can have black/white rules, but how does one judge the actual event w/o stressing the bolded bit? It should help you to know that it sounded like you were going after Assange (by saying "he" and "him" ), so I can see your point much clearer after you pointed out your specific focus only on the comments linked, rather than on an actual case (about which we know beans). Hopefully that makes my apparently annoying emphasis make more sense.


Yes, I agree completely with your definition and was only re-mentioning the above bit because it seems particularly important to state that one has to be possessed of one's faculties at the time to truly be considered a perpetrator. As above, the clarification helped.


I know, and I was similarly annoyed with his treatment of the American, obviously. I still maintain that when looking at the comments made about each situation, there was some extreme stupidity. Bottom line.


As mentioned above, it wasn't so clear that you had not switched to Assange, so this helps, as does your copy/paste to Joel. The only reason I got myself involved down here is that I do believe real life has nuances (and was pretty sure you did), and I was confused by some of your reactions.