does IGNORANCE can be an excuse?

oh...but with that example when a mother accidentally let her child drink something that she thinks a medicine and harms the child...i think for the police her ignorance can be an excuse but not for the father of the child...coz she's a mother and so she must be careful specially on things that she puts in her baby's mouth... but yes you are right that everything depends on the extent of the damage done, the people who are looking and judging at it...and yes the lawyers have a big part here to prove in court that his clients action should be excuse or not... yes everything really depends on a situation... thanks!

hi lingli! thanks for the response! yes i think, no matter how ignorant we are in a certain law and we violates it, we are still responsible for our acts...and punishment will be just depend on the heart of the one who's enforcing the law, just what i said above... as some say"ignorance of the law excuses no one...' thanks again! :-)

and so as the other one there says...in every rule there is an exemption?or exception? yes maybe, but some also says that ignorance is not an excuse in a law...not because you don't know the law you can be forgiven or acquitted for a crime or violation...but yes you are right it depends on the weight of the violation and on the heart of the judge... i remember one incidence when i went to my husbands place, i am new to that place and don't even understand their dialect much...i am on a jeepney with my husband who's my bf then, and then when we get near the mall where i was suppose to go, i told the jeepney driver if i can get down there(i mean get down from the jeepney on that particular place of the street...) then the driver told me, okay you can...just be fast. and so i do...not knowing that that place was not the right place for unloading passenger and thus the traffic officer came to me and told me that i am just committed jaywalking! huh! i am really shocked and surprised that i committed that violation without even knowing...and what happen is i ended up paying the violation fee...i just pay it instead of doing community service like cleaning the street! hehehe...i still pay even i told him that the jeepney driver told me that it is just ok to get down there and i really don't have any idea that that place is a no jaywalking place! its such an embarrassing and annoying experience that i can't forget...

hehe ^_^ Actually it's not your fault, but rather it's the driver's fault.. Since he allowed u to alight there, knowing fully u are not supposed to, he's taking a risk.. And if he were to be caught instead, he can push the blame on u, by saying u insist on him stopping there.. So, by now u should have learnt a lesson.. hehe ^_^ As for the traffic officer, he's just doing his job, and it's your luck to meet one who's so strict.. hehe ^_^ Just be careful the next time ^_^ Or maybe he's too serious in his job that, he has forgotten what is being compassionate and flexibility ^_^

hehe..yes i know and i have learned my lesson! i just feel bad that time coz that was the first time i am charged for violation on traffic ordinance...hehehe and the more disappointing part is that i don't really have any idea of it... in fairness to the officer, she's being nice to me, but just she still fine me for that violation...hehehe i remember her saying "sory ma'am, i am just doing my job, coz if i don't do it, i will be the one who will be charged!" hehehe and i understand her and just pay...good that i have extra money that time and fine is not so big amount! and she gave me a receipt...so it means what she do is legitimate...hehehe

hi yugasini! thanks for participation...

hahaha...yes it is...that's why some accused run to the excuse of being insane while they're doing the crime and that really lessen the punishment...if proven... but i think they will go to the hospital for insane or will need therapy for that...hehehe well, is insanity and ignorance the same? hehehe i think not.

haha...yes you got me there...! i didn't notice that ignorant on the last part! maybe i am sleepy already! hehehe

see thats what I told you i said on the last part I got ignorant lol got you there my friend

ok got your point... but there are times that total ignorance, i mean even if you are ignorant in such a thing you can still be punished for the violation you made depends on the person who's looking at it...example a traffic enforcer, he can still charge you for violation of jaywalking even if you say to him that you are not aware of that and that you have really no knowledge about that coz you are new on that place...and they will just ended learning their lessons and be aware the next time..., i can say this coz it happened to me once...i wrote the story on my reply to casper above... yes you are right that God really forgive the sinner...but people are people and not because you charge someone who violates the rule even they are ignorant of the law meaning you are too proud...its just sometimes people are just doing their jobs and sometimes if we stick to the law...to tell you, law has no heart... so charges is depend on the heart of the one who is enforcing the law...i think... thanks for sharing!

As you've mentioned a "traffic enforcer", in my own opinion is yes, they will surely ask a money for your violation whether you're a violator or a genuine innocent/ignorant 'coz this their main source of income eh he he, sorry to say (it might be only here in Philippines) Well take a look at their tummy if it's round and big means they're on my general rule if not then sorry... they're exempted.

oh well i know what you're talking about... but what happen to me in my husbands place i think is that the traffic enforcer there is a good one...coz he just charge me of the amount stated on their ordinance and did not ask for more and even give a receipt to me... how sad that e have bad impression to our traffic enforcers...when we all know that not all of them are like that...

i agree...there are some people who are capable of knowing the rules or even they already knew they just play ignorant about it just to have an excuse for their wrong doings...i think for some its the easiest way to escape...saying oh i'm sorry...i don not know this or that ...blah blah! thanks for sharing! :-)

oh i see...but lying is different from ignorance... if you lie, its something that is intentional just to escape the punishment or just to have benefits... thanks for response!