I have never been arrested for blowing anythng up . . . unlike a college friend, who mixed up a small quantity of contact explosive when the dorm was still noisy still after midnight when he had a test in the morning . . . and applied it to the RA’s lock . . .
The RA was a, well never mind, but his overreaction was to call campus security, who, eager for a crime to be associated with, called the fire department, who arrested him.
He was charged with multiple felonies, and the PD urged him to take a deal. His parents then hired a real defense lawyer, who told the DA to try the case or drop it; no deal coming.
The charges were dropped.
There was the basic problem with the felonies that they all had an element of intent to cause damage–and he was a high GPA chemistry major who knew
exactly how much he was mixing. It was calculated rather precisely to pop a key out a lock . . . so it could be proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he
lacked the retired intent.
I am just discovering Stoicism.
I encountered it decades ago.
I hated it–so therefore worked my way through all of it!
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