"The coroner concluded that the fire had been started as a prank but the fire investigator at the time said he believed it was arson."
If it was started as a prank, that's still arson, isn't it? Arson, I thought, was any destructive fire deliberately set--doesn't even have to be a building as long as the intent is property damage. What gives?
(Of course, anybody who sets fire to a building as a bit of harmless fun is Too Stupid To Live...)
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Date: 2002-07-29 06:19 pm (UTC)If it was started as a prank, that's still arson, isn't it? Arson, I thought, was any destructive fire deliberately set--doesn't even have to be a building as long as the intent is property damage. What gives?
(Of course, anybody who sets fire to a building as a bit of harmless fun is Too Stupid To Live...)
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Re: Wait a sec...
Date: 2002-07-30 02:56 am (UTC)