Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
Right. So the ethical aspect should be determined solely by actions (driving pissed). However, the legal aspect will also punish the outcome.

In other words, you are just as big a **** whether the kid dies or not but if he does you are a **** in prison.
Sure. We are essentially talking about the difference between a high-flown ethical notion of justice and the grim, workaday and entirely pragmatic operation of law as a means to control a civil society. My point is that they have little or nothing to do with one another.