On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 09:27:32 +0100, Incubus <
incubus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14/07/2017 20:58, colwyn wrote:
> > On 14/07/2017 20:19, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
> >>
> >> The thing was probably on the footpath as always and got
> >> punished. Let's hope that this sort of justice catches on.
> >
> > In criminal law, incitement is the encouragement of another person
> > to commit a crime.
>
> Is wishing for something to happen the same as encouraging it? I
> would say not.
Silently wishing for it to happen, I would agree with you.
Publishing in a public forum and approving comment and saying "let's
hope this catches on" would fall into encouraging it, in my opinion.
It would be for a court to decide.
regards, Ian SMith
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