On the other hand (as has also been pointed out) you can personally believe whatever you want and call whatever action you find irredeemable anything you want, including a felony. I personally believe that all homicides should be considered murder, but I understand that many (most?) do not share my belief and that the American Judiciary system also does not. So when discussing such topics as killings here on this board and elsewhere I have to be careful to be clear in my word choices.
So, if you choose to call something a felony or someone a felon, and that idea is not backed by the courts, you have to remember you are in opinion territory.
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i was just pointing out that committing a felony and being convicted of one are vastly different things. you said a felon was “one who has committed a felony”.
committing a felony & being convicted of one are world’s apart.
further, it’s possible to not commit any crime and yet still be convicted of a felony. the sad reality there is that that person is in fact a felon, until proved not to be in a court of law.
which is & has been my stance the entire thread. i would like you to point out where it hasn’t, that way i know what you think is so hard for me to understand. be sure to include the post i was originally responding to for context.
This reminds me of Ollie North. Convicted felon. Conviction overturned. He never disputed it, even bragged in front of Congress that he broke the law. (His testimony in front of Congress was not admissible in court. One of the key witnesses against him later admitted he might have seen it. So that testimony was thrown out, etc.)
If you’re getting broad minded on what “felon” means, you have to include Ollie.
it was unclear because you singled me out to respond to. normally people say “this.”, or “agreed”, or similar when they are agreeing with someone.
it was unclear also because the one paragraph you felt everyone would see and therefore understand my stance on this is the one paragraph you manually removed from my post when you quoted me. looking at my post with that omitted makes it seem like i was on the other side of this fence.
