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Zebee Johnstone
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In aus.bicycle on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:32:00 +1100
ritcho <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The perpetrators of the girl's injuries showed a callous disregard for
> others' safety, far in excess of the injustice they could possibly have
I think it more likely they knew exactly what the effect on other's
safety was.
They just didn't think about who the "other" was.
They wanted the people on the trail bikes to be hurt. They didn't
comprehend that people other than the trail bike riders might get
hurt.
They might not have known that other 2 wheelers used the trail.
They might have known and forgotten. I think it's a big stretch to
say they knew and didn't care. They intended that someone be hurt,
but they intended someone to be hurt they thought deserved it.
(very few people in this world are psycopaths, wanting to hurt people
who don't deserve it.)
I doubt they intended people who didn't deserve it be hurt. It's very
unlikely to be disregard for all others' safety. It was, as so often,
not what they didn't know that was the problem, it was what they thought
they knew that wasn't true.
And that requires a different approach.
Zebee
ritcho <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The perpetrators of the girl's injuries showed a callous disregard for
> others' safety, far in excess of the injustice they could possibly have
I think it more likely they knew exactly what the effect on other's
safety was.
They just didn't think about who the "other" was.
They wanted the people on the trail bikes to be hurt. They didn't
comprehend that people other than the trail bike riders might get
hurt.
They might not have known that other 2 wheelers used the trail.
They might have known and forgotten. I think it's a big stretch to
say they knew and didn't care. They intended that someone be hurt,
but they intended someone to be hurt they thought deserved it.
(very few people in this world are psycopaths, wanting to hurt people
who don't deserve it.)
I doubt they intended people who didn't deserve it be hurt. It's very
unlikely to be disregard for all others' safety. It was, as so often,
not what they didn't know that was the problem, it was what they thought
they knew that wasn't true.
And that requires a different approach.
Zebee