Peasant wrote:nosferatu1001 wrote:Peasant wrote:me wrote:
Depends on your type of law - common or civil. Civil is less open to interpretation.
Straw man, attempt to avoid answering a simple question.
No, that isnt a strawman. I didnt create an argument similar to Flings that could be easily disproved, then disproved it. THAT would have been a strawman.
Before flinging round terms you dont fully understand, try researching them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
I was asked "in law" - I then asked
what law, and explained the difference between two common types.
The answer is: it depends on the law you are working under. Now in the
UK that is commonly Common law, where interpretation of intent CAN be used, and often IS used, however precedent is usually the binding factor, and it is likely this that Fling was attempting to get at.
Actually you did and apparently you don't realize it.
This was the question...
Answer this what matters in law:
1) the letter of the law (
RaW)
2) the spirit and intention of the law (
RaI)
Which of those two things is the law?
This of course varies by context and country. Peace Officers locally can choose to enforce letter of the law, but you are less likely you'll be convicted when spirit and intention vary greatly.
If you want to set up a question where you're forcing one of two answers, you need to provide more background.
Basically, your format isn't specific enough for the provided choices, as both can be correct or incorrect.
-Matt
