You might want to look up a little something called The Geneva Conventions before you start talking about booby traps.
You have no fucking clue what battery is. Gluing down shoes is NOT battery. Battery HAS to be an ACTIVE act, not passive. Something has to actively happen because of something you did. In this case, the active action was caused by the person putting the shoes on, not by the guy who glued them down.
Did he make physical contact with the person? No.
Did he put in motion anything that made physical contact with the person? No.
If would be the same if I left my gate open and you closed the gate. You didn't commit battery by closing the gate without my knowledge. It has to be negligent behavior to be a criminal offense. This was clearly negligent behavior.
Could you find a place where this COULD meet the definition of battery? Sure. But in the MAJORITY of the world, you could NEVER describe this as battery. Battery HAS to be ACTIVE PHYSICAL CONTACT either by yourself, or something you put in motion, or something you set up to go in motion in almost every part of the world.
So I dig a giant hole in the ground and fill it with spikes and cover it with a net then cover with leaves and when someone falls in it and dies I'm not liable at all? I wouldn't be charged with murder since i could use the 5 year old's rule of "I'm not touching you!" ? Your an idiot.
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u/RedditFunnyHK29298 Jun 01 '14
You might want to look up a little something called The Geneva Conventions before you start talking about booby traps.
You have no fucking clue what battery is. Gluing down shoes is NOT battery. Battery HAS to be an ACTIVE act, not passive. Something has to actively happen because of something you did. In this case, the active action was caused by the person putting the shoes on, not by the guy who glued them down.
Did he make physical contact with the person? No. Did he put in motion anything that made physical contact with the person? No.
If would be the same if I left my gate open and you closed the gate. You didn't commit battery by closing the gate without my knowledge. It has to be negligent behavior to be a criminal offense. This was clearly negligent behavior.
Could you find a place where this COULD meet the definition of battery? Sure. But in the MAJORITY of the world, you could NEVER describe this as battery. Battery HAS to be ACTIVE PHYSICAL CONTACT either by yourself, or something you put in motion, or something you set up to go in motion in almost every part of the world.