intellectualammo Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 In The Early Ayn Rand, in her play Think Twice, Steve Ingalls says to Breckenridge: "This is th only humanitarian act I've ever committed - the only one any man can ever commit. I'm setting men free." Then shoots Breckenridge dead. And gets away with it. And still gets the girl. My question is that Hastings says that there is no perfect crime. Ingalls says, "No, Greg. There isn't." Why do they say that? Is there such a thing as a perfect crime? Do you think what took place in that play was a perfect crime? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reidy Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 I think Ingalls meant that what he was about to do wasn't a crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 OK, would what he did be something that could be considered a necessity defense then? Then he wouldn't have thought that it was a crime, like how you said. I think I can understand it that way now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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