I don't want to get philosophical, just logical. Intent happens purely in the mind, and can never be proven. If I punch Bob in the face and then say, "Sorry, I meant to punch Jim," I could very well be lying just to avoid retribution from Bob. No one will ever know but me. Intent is irrelevant because no impartial 3rd party can correctly take intent into account when passing judgment.

Now I will get philosophical, by popular demand.

If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one around to hear it, does it make a sound?  

ANSWER: No. Sound is the phenomenon of vibrations in the air moving our eardrums. If there are no eardrums around to be moved, then the phenomenon we know as sound does not occur.

by OneHitKill on 01/06/2009 10:14:17 AM EST

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