Mervyn, 1) When the Goan drunkard drank 10 beers, his intention may or may not have been to kill himself, but if he had declared the former and if that had become known to the authorities, he ought to have been arrested before he got into his car.
However, if his intention was not to kill himself (as is with Goans who polish even a bottle of had liquor, like I myself used to in the good ol' days)but got killed in the process of drunken driving, we all can only say: "May his soul rest in peace", because there is no use flogging a dead horse, is there? Bennet Paes --- On Mon, 14/12/09, Mervyn Lobo <mervynal...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > From: Mervyn Lobo <mervynal...@yahoo.ca> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Fast unto death > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Date: Monday, 14 December, 2009, 8:41 AM > > Bennet Paes wrote: > > My contention is that any act that intentionally leads > to one’s death, or for that matter to > > anyone else’s death, is criminal and should be > punishable under the law. > > > Bennet Paes, > I guess I am not following you here. > > > Lets take the case of the Goan drunkard who has 10 beers > and then crashes his car/motor-bike > into the nearest coconut tree, killing himself. My > question is: > How are you going to punish this guy? > > > Mervyn1121Lobo > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving > junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. > Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or > register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/