On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> P.S. As another example of the wrong kind of blind justice, I never > really grasped the need to convict someone for attempted suicide. I recently read an explanation that finally made sense. In a historical context in feudal Europe, the king commanded homage from his nobles, and the nobles were owed homage from their vassals. As such unless you were sovereign you owed service to someone, and by trying to kill yourself you deprived your liege of your service. (If you weren't free you didn't owe knights service, but if you weren't free, then you weren't free to kill yourself either.) -- Charles
