I think it's not wrong to treat an adult exactly like you would a child if he's acting like one. I interpret parent poster as trying to make a point about how we cannot tell anything about intent so we should judge on the action, solely.
> I think it's not wrong to treat an adult exactly like you would a child if he's acting like one.
So, are you saying that the malicious adult poo-tracker is being childish and should be treated with the leniency we afford to children?
> I interpret parent poster as trying to make a point about how we cannot tell anything about intent so we should judge on the action, solely.
Why on Earth do you think we can't deduce someone's intent? In the case I posited, you can know the intent of both the child (no malicious intent) and the malicious poo-tracker (malicious intent). In many other cases, you can also deduce intent from someone's behavior.
