danpascooch said:
First off you're not an expert in the field, and have no idea what is considered "frivolous" in court (here's a hint, motor vehicle theft is not fucking frivolous"
A frivolous (trifling) charge is one in which any possible damages, or extent of damages, are well and truly below the penalties which are imposed upon the offending individual. We didn't damage the car, we didn't operate it, we moved it and were punished by the school.
A fair punishment I would say as well. We learnt our lesson, and we were better individuals for it. How exactly does pursuing judicial action actually help us improve ourselves for what is a negligible offence?
I'm willing to bet that even if you tried to file charges a police officer would probably dissuade you.
secondly, you literally just said yourself the distinction between nasty and criminal ends when a felony is committed, and mentioned two posts earlier that what you did was technically motor vehicle theft, so you're either a huge hypocrite, or simply dug yourself into a comfy hole with your own argument.
Etymology
Old French felonie (?evil, immoral deed?), from felon (?evildoer?). Ultimately of Germanic origin. More at felon.
[edit] Noun
felony (plural felonies)
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Felony
1. (US, law) A serious criminal offense, which, under federal law, is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.
Need I say more?
I mean if you take it from a lingua franca perspective, a felony is an immoral crime (and unless you're a sensationalist idiot, no way could you say what we did was immoral) ... and no fucking way would a judge (in the US) jail us for a term exceeding one year ... Hell he would toss out any 'criminal' offence and just call it as it is.
"A fucking stupid idea, but otherwise
harmless"
Punching someone isn't always assault, not if there is no threat of serious bodily harm, but yes, the police should arrest everyone who attacks someone else in school if it's a serious enough attack to have broken the law, and the victim wants to press charges.
So you're saying that what I did is worse than me bullying a kid ... and you're accusing me of having poor ideals of criminality ....