alt Hacker NewsThe details don't matter. If you use a machine to commit murder, then you have committed murder, not the machine. The user is responsible, and the article's phrasing is an attempt to obscure that fact.
The details don't matter. If you use a machine to commit murder, then you have committed murder, not the machine. The user is responsible, and the article's phrasing is an attempt to obscure that fact.
First, I agree with you in theory.
Second, empirically; the diff between murder, manslaughter etc... is literally "intent" so it matters.