# Dio, at it again and raising the bar **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 20, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dio-at-it-again-and-raising-the-bar/543888 "2010-06-20T18:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 181
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dio-at-it-again-and-raising-the-bar/543888/181 "2010-06-21T16:44:18Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > You’re grasping at straws. It is possible to have an opinion that someone is a murderer without that person having to be convicted of it. It’s not _just_ a legal term (actually, I think “homicide” is more common in the written statutes). You’re talking out your ass. We don’t give a shit what your opinion is. Opinions are like assholes. Saying it’s your opinion that they are murderers doesn’t make you right. It makes you look stupid. You still haven’t read that cite, have you? Homicide covers a lot more ground than murder, which specifically is the unlawful and malicious killing of a person. You’ve been trying to argue all along that the parents’ actions are [malicious](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12596819&postcount=79). > [@Texas toddler dies after mom leaves her in a hot car for 45 minutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-toddler-dies-after-mom-leaves-her-in-a-hot-car-for-45-minutes/543728/79): > > So you’re now saying it should be legal? Anyone who wants to kill their baby need only leave it to die in their car and receive a get-out-of-jail-free card? [QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] They’re not innocent, they killed a baby, and if you don’t want to jail them, then you’re saying it should be legal to leave a baby in a car until it dies. Why do you want to legalize that? That’s horrific. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I am not just like them, and you do have to put parents who do this in jail or you’re just giving people a legal way to kill their kids on purpose and get away with it by saying it was an accident. [/QUOTE] Don’t forget the “jailed for life” comment. Why don’t you tell me how many misdemeanors are punishable by life imprisonment? You can’t. Because there aren’t any. Murder is a felony. You were tying the deaths with felonious behavior and you damn well know it. > [@](#): > > This objection has no relevance to the legal discussion. It’s just you being offended by my opinion of people who commit a particular crime. Well, let me dispel your ignorance. I’m not offended by your opinion. I’m offended by your stupidity. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dio-at-it-again-and-raising-the-bar/543888)._