Riots in Singapore were 'spontaneous': PM Lee

[Equalisation]

Agree. The police nearly broke Usian's 100 m record.:o

 

[Rumpole]

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If I picked up a knife in a fit of rage and stabbed a Pappy IB member through the heart, would the fact that it was spontaneous and not premeditated make it any less of a murder?

This PM Lee character should engage his brain before opening his mouth.

What you did in that hypothetical situation would be pre-meditated. To put it simply your PM is an idiot. See below for detailed legal explanation:

In People v Harris, Madam Caro Corrigan of the Supreme Court of California wrote:

"A verdict of deliberate and premeditated first degree murder requires more than a showing of intent to kill. Deliberation refers to careful weighing of considerations in forming a course of action; premeditation means thought over in advance. The process of premeditation and deliberation does not require any extended period of time. The true test is not the duration of time as much as it is the extent of the reflection. Thoughts may follow each other with great rapidity and cold, calculated judgment may be arrived at quickly."

Similarly, in Berube v State, the District Court of Appeal of Florida with Justice Douglas Wallace presiding defined pre-meditation as:

“ … more than a mere intent to kill; it is a fully formed conscious purpose to kill. This purpose to kill may be formed a moment before the act but must exist for a sufficient length of time to permit reflection as to the nature of the act to be committed and the probable result of that act."

The concept of "pre-meditation" can be applied to crimes other than murder e.g. rape, assault, etc.

 

[halsey02]

Agree. The police nearly broke Usian's 100 m record.:o

They were playing "police & thief' also, macham like anak, they hide in the ....& someone open the door...all ran out & got caught!...and they shouted, " chope!, chope!, chope"!...

 

[blackmondy]

Is Pinky's sexual arousal by his manly-woman wife "spontaneous" too ?

 

[steffychun]

"Spontaneous" does not make the riots any less serious.

The idea that the spontaneity of the mayhem is some sort of mitigating factor is too ridiculous for words.

If I picked up a knife in a fit of rage and stabbed a Pappy IB member through the heart, would the fact that it was spontaneous and not premeditated make it any less of a murder?

This PM Lee character should engage his brain before opening his mouth.

now to openly criticise him...are you drunk? What happened to the Sam Leong I once knew?

 

[Leongsam]

now to openly criticise him...are you drunk? What happened to the Sam Leong I once knew?

I praise when appropriate and criticise when I feel it's justified. Nobody is 100% good or totally bad and no government will get it right all the time.

 

[JossSticksCandleWax]

This is premeditated. This is not spontaneous.

kopisai, go give dog fuck :oIo:

 

[Lionheart]

It will never happen again.This time I think there will be bloodshed.Restraint no more.Hope not.