From: mshaw@panix.com   
      
   Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   > J.D. Baldwin  wrote:   
      
   > >It's a little more complicated than "You aren't allowed to drive here,   
   > >so I can set a trap to kill or maim anyone who tries." That's not   
   > >actually a thing that's allowed, legally, in the U.S. (or probably   
   > >anywhere).   
      
   > Invariably, you make me regret asking a question or attempting to engage   
   > you in conversation. You are condescending and treating me like a moron.   
      
   > You just described a crime of intent that could have been charged as   
   > depraved indifferent homicide, possibly first or second degree murder,   
   > depending on the state criminal code.   
      
   > THE HOMEOWNER DID NOT COMMIT A CRIME.   
      
   Whether the cable was a mantrap or not would be for a court to   
   decide. In the absence of surveyor's tape or the like to make the   
   presence of the cable clear, it sounds like a mantrap to me. And   
   setting mantraps is very much a crime pretty much anywhere.   
      
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   Mark Shaw                                        moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm   
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