Thu Sep 4 22:59:07 1997
- Message No. 1382
From: Hans
Subject: Re: SHIT!
At 14:47 2-09-97 +0200, you wrote:
>At 13:29 97-09-02 +0200, Hans wrote:
>>>At 08:38 μμ 31/8/1997 +0200, Katsanos wrote:
>>>2: the people that would introduce it would have figured out what to do
with
>>>the situation where someone drinks and then drives a car that is not his (a
>>>few days ago a guy was caught and the car was confiscated, only prooblem
was
>>>that he had borought the car from his sister who is a nun and the car
>>>belonged to the church!!!!).
>>>
>>
>>I understand your point but it is not the law that is unfair, it is the
>>brother was not carefull with the car that of his sister. If you borrow
>>something you have to be carefull with it. It is not yours. If it is your
>>own car you you can do with it what you want. If I borrow your AT, you make
>>sure that you get it back. If I get caught and the AT is confiscated then I
>>have to get you a similar one. Or else you would kill me, right ?
>>
>>These are just things that will pass. If people are used to the rule then
>>they will not lend their cars to people who are not reponsible enough to
>>drive them.
>
>Think of this law in a bigger perspective: As you can see, in this case it
>punishes the person who lends the car, not the person who drives drunk. So,
>if the brother would have used the car to kill somebody, would it have been
>fair to execute the nun for murder? (=Misjudging her brothers intent with
>the car.)
>
>Of course not! If there were a punishment for misjudging somebodys intent
>with a car, then the nun could be sentenced to it ("helping somebody to
>drink and drive"), but in this case the nun (or the church) was punished
>for drunken driving. A crime of which she was innocent.
>
>I think her brother, who seems to go unpunished, should spend a few months
>in prison.
That would be a whole different story. And another crime. This law was most
likely never meant to do this. A lawyer would get the nun of the hook in no
time. Because she didn't do it. And also get her car back. I guess most
laws have these side effects.
I agree with the brother punishment.
-=> Hans
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