On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> Oh, I'm not equating the modern concept of damages with modern criminal
> law. I'm saying that in the venerable history of our legal system, it may
> not be trivial to separate them.
>
> Put another way: If I attempt to kill someone and stumble, dropping my
> steak knife, that should be treated differently from a completed murder
> (for all the law knows, I unconsciously stumbled). And that should be
> treated differently from my slashing you in the arm, causing a minor cut
> but no permanent damage.
>
> Ah, yes, that "damage" word again.
There is a big difference between thought and deed, between the physical
and the metaphysical.
Unfortunatly our "leaders" cannot tell the difference between the two.
(Hence the laws that make creating an image from your imagination the same
as creating an image using real people.)
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