If you kill someone intent is critical was it intentionally? Justified? Premeditated? But none of that changes the fact that someone is dead and you killed him. Bush's lie is no different ... no matter if justified or not , it was still a lie.
Was it murder? Self Defense? .....but there can be no arguing the fact that he killed someone. Yet you continue to try and do so. Dead body and all!
And for the record. ..i do not hate Bush. Seems likable, like Reagan I suppose. I do not think him half the man his father was but no I do not hate him.
Originally Posted by WTF
Here we go on another tangent. But you are helping to make my point about intent.
Murder is intentional.
There are different punishments for killing someone, negligent homicide is not considered as egregious as manslaughter which is not considered as egregious as murder. murder is even defined in differing degrees as you say. See where intent or the perception of intent comes into your example? The way a person is charged in those cases has much to do with the intent that is perceived by the prosecutor. If someone is killed but it is unintentional there is still a responsibility on the part of the killer unless it is a completely unavoidable accident. If not a prosecutor has to determine if there is enough evidence to prove the accused intended to kill, murder in some degree, didn't intend to kill but should have reasonably known that his actions would lead to death, Manslughter, or didn't intend to kill but behaved in a way that way that was negligent toward the deceased, Negligent homicide.
If I get pissed off at another driver on the road and start driving too aggressively to show the other person that I will not be intimidated by him and that results in an accident where someone is killed am I responsible. Sure. Did I intend to kill someone? Probably not. Probably negligence. If I text and drive or drink and drive and someone is killed because of my texting or drinking I should have known that my actions could cause a death, Manslaughter. If, I intentionally run someone off the road and they die because I'm pissed at their driving that may be considered murder. If I intentionally run someone off the road and they die because they pissed me off at work a couple of hours ago and the opportunity presents itself for me to do that and kill them that may be second degree murder. If I plan on running my wife or SO or boss off the road because I'm sick of their shit then that's capital murder.
Edit to add: I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV or ECCIE. I'm sure, if I've made a mistake in my assessments above, that LL will be more than happy to correct me.