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Re:U.S. Attorney Moves to Dismiss Murder-For-Hire Charges Ag... by beaner on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @12:25PM (#17759313)
You're talking about selling things that enable violent crimes against others, while the person you're responding to is taking about selling benign things with which one can only harm oneself. They seem categorically different.
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Re:U.S. Attorney Moves to Dismiss Murder-For-Hire Charges Ag... by s73v3r_ on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @01:20PM (#17759848)
I flat out do not by that "can only harm oneself" argument. The effects of addiction on those close to the addict are quite well documented.
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Re:U.S. Attorney Moves to Dismiss Murder-For-Hire Charges Ag... by bdcravens on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @12:49PM (#17759537)
I sell a gun to someone who has expressed to me interest in self harm. They commit suicide. Did I "cause death"?
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Re:U.S. Attorney Moves to Dismiss Murder-For-Hire Charges Ag... by michaelmrose on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @01:48PM (#17760181)
You would be complicit fault is infinitely divisible.
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Re:U.S. Attorney Moves to Dismiss Murder-For-Hire Charges Ag... by gnode on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @03:04PM (#17760895)
Does fault need to divide, or can it apply severally?
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Re:U.S. Attorney Moves to Dismiss Murder-For-Hire Charges Ag... by beaner on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @09:37PM (#17763224)
The distinction is tools of force vs other.
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