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Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 14 Oct 2001 12:41:08 GMT
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I'm not really sure what this has to do with licensing, but it seemed fun...
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Pedro Silva writes:
> Take this example: a driver runs over my kid intentionally (hopefully not!).
> I will:
> a) shoot him dead (American way?);
Does the question mark mean that you are unsure if this is the American way of
handling it? I'd have to say that it is not. Now, I wouldn't convict someone
were I jurror, but it really is frowned on in our society. It seems almost OK
to _me_ though, if it were shortly following the murder of their child. I'm
willing to cut people some slack for rash behavior. If it happened after 25
years of incarceration, I'd feel obligated to come down hard on
them...probably.
> b) have him arrested, tried for murder, imprisoned for 25 years and then
> released WITHOUT Driver's License, so that he won't kill some other person
> the same way 25 years later?
How exactly would the 25 years of incarceration help? I'm pretty strongly
opposed to this handling.
> c) He has no license, so no insurance, so no way to compensate (!) me in any
> way... Forced Labour for him, besides imprisonment?
One can never really be compensated for the loss of a loved one. However,
compensation of whatever kind is possible seems just. I think it would make
more sense to train the perp so that he can compensate you.
> Now the licensing thing seems reasonable? (even though the example is extreme)
Of course not. How could licensing possibly help in the situation you
outlined? You specifically state that the vehicular assault was intentional.
So how would _any_ kind of license pre-address such situations?
Chris
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| (...) First, it proves the driver knows how to drive; second, it issues HIM the responsability for his actions behind the wheel, and noone else. It acts more to third parties' safety/insurance than the driver himself. (...) Synonym, PLEASE! :-) And (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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