Thoughts Vs Actions

[ivebeenshown]

Personally, I have extremely little inclination for any sort of physical violence - to the point where I am tempted to say it isn´t even within the range of my options.

I really do admire persons who day in day out struggle with and are tempted by their inclination towards physical aggression and violence yet manage to abstain from it.

If you´d ask me who should get a price or reward - me or them - I´d say it´s definitely them.

There is a notable difference between suffering a fleeting thought of temptation and dwelling on that notion, meditating upon it, and fantasizing about it.

 

[Ken-1122]

Is the US government/public school system wrong for detaining those who plan attacks and travesties -- for example, bomb plotters and school shooting coordinators?

I would say it would be wrong for the US government/public school system to NOT detaine them; they would have an obligation to do so.

K

 

[ivebeenshown]

I would say it would be wrong for the US government/public school system to NOT detaine them; they would have an obligation to do so.

K

I am interested to see how JadeTigress and craftingtable would respond to this post of yours.

 

[Ken-1122]

I am interested to see how JadeTigress and craftingtable would respond to this post of yours.

Thinking of attacks and actually going through the trouble of planning them are two totally different things!
Obviously nobody should be punished for their thoughts, but when you go trough the trouble of putting something down on paper; action is usually followed.

Ken

 

[craftingtable]

Even if the 'something' is deliberately and willfully planning and coordinating an act of murder?

Thinking about murdering someone, and planning and coordinating and/or committing the act are two different things.

If I tell you, "hey, don't think about chopping down a tree" and you think about chopping down a tree, are you committing a crime if chopping down trees is illegal?

 

[JadeTigress]

Thinking about murdering someone, and planning and coordinating and/or committing the act are two different things.

If I tell you, "hey, don't think about chopping down a tree" and you think about chopping down a tree, are you committing a crime if chopping down trees is illegal?

Agreed.