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Re:Inky the octopus breaks out of New Zealand aquarium by btilly on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @06:23PM (#11492823)
What if it is the actual wish of the people involved?

What if a person whose fantasy was to kill and cook another person met a person who fantasy was to be killed and cooked? Then this happened. What penalty should ensue for the (well-fed) survivor?

And lest you think this is some weird hypothetical, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes may enlighten you otherwise.

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Re:Inky the octopus breaks out of New Zealand aquarium by chris_wot on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @07:20PM (#11493161)
In this case it's a mental disorder or illness and I'd consider it manslaughter.
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Re:Inky the octopus breaks out of New Zealand aquarium by Vaskivo on Thursday April 14, 2016 @11:43AM (#11497600)
What about euthanasia?

Person A kills person B and B wants to be dead/killed.

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Re:Inky the octopus breaks out of New Zealand aquarium by chris_wot on Thursday April 14, 2016 @11:59AM (#11497773)
Well, I'm controversial with some - it's still against the law in many jurisdictions so it's murder. But I consider euthanasia to be hugely unethical, so I'd consider it manslaughter.
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