Andre Yang - Lifetime Ban

[bassplayer]

I'd rather prevent my good friend from making the mistake in the first place..

What did you want him to do, tackle Skinnee?

The legal term you allude to is "accessory before the fact."



How accessory before the fact is defined:

An accessory must generally have knowledge that a crime is being, or will be committed. A person with such knowledge may become an accessory by helping or encouraging the criminal in some way, or simply by failing to report the crime to proper authority. The assistance to the criminal may be of any type, including emotional or financial assistance as well as physical assistance or concealment.



To be convicted of an accessory charge, the accused must generally be proved to have had actual knowledge that a crime was going to be, or had been, committed. Furthermore, there must be proof that the accessory knew that his or her action, or inaction, was helping the criminals commit the crime, or evade detection, or escape.

First of all, this is not a crime. Morally wrong to some/most (morals aren't absolute), definitely, but the law (which is different in locations outside the US, mind you) has no place in this argument.

With that said, the law you quoted mentions nothing about a possibility. Vapor said he went to sleep before a decision was made. Therefore he did not know that the "crime" would be committed, just that it might be. This is the same thing to some, but different when trying to "convict" based on technicalities.

seriously? some of you are getting mad at vapor over this?

He said he stated to skinnee what he thought on the matter. After that, his part is done. It's not his part to police skinnee from that point on, and constantly monitor him for the next 2 weeks to make sure he doesn't post the score.

It's like a parent telling their kid to not to do something, right before the parent has to go to work in the morning. Once the parent is gone, the kid then has a choice, i can listen to my parent, or i can do what i want to do. You can only make someone responsible for so much.

Vapor has helped so many people here, me included, just kills me for some people to be throwing him in the "cheater" category as well.

I agree 100%. He made his position clear and then awaited to see what would happen. While I have no idea to what degree he made his thoughts known, I believe in doing so he excuses himself from punishment.

If my friend was considering cheating on an exam, I would discourage him greatly. If he decides to do it, I'm not going to turn him in. That's not up to me; it's not my mistake to make.