From the above article, Ernest Nichols' sentence was for 15 years, starting in 2011.
I wonder if an upcoming parole might have encouraged this act.
Also in article ---Ernest Nichols states he "is Staw Man" in court proceedings...
What is a Straw Man???????
"During his hearing, Nichols stubbornly refused to cooperate with the judge when prompted to enter a plea and repeatedly insisted he wasn’t a “straw man.”.".
This may be beyond me to explain. That is why I posted the Wikipedia definition.
It seems to me that it is a defense of saying that while he is accused of the crime, he is saying that he really did not commit a crime. In his own head, of course.
In this context, it is a way of justifying behavior by discounting the action, and blaming "the system" for calling the behavior (raping a 15 year old) a "crime". When in his warped sense of reality, he thinks he did not commit a crime.
Narcissistic rhetoric. Not unlike the example in Wikipedia, when former President Nixon justified use of campaign funds for personal use, by using an example of a "gift" from a donor of a cooker spaniel puppy, who his 6 year old daughter fell in love with and named the dog, "Checkers".
Nixon justified use of campaign funds for himself by equating that behavior is the same as keeping a puppy given to him by a donor for his daughter. After all, it wasn't "Nixon's fault' that he kept the puppy, it was his six year old daughter's fault.
Thus, the argument diverted from a discussion of Nixon stealing campaign money, equates to keeping a donor gift of a puppy for his daughter.
It could be considered an ethical "slippery slope'. And in Nixon's case, minimized his theft, and justified it.
In this case, Nichols seems to be saying (in my interpretation), that he did not commit a crime.
But, of course, he may have been saying something completely different. Such is the interpretation of philosophy.
It goes back to Philosophy 101, and syllogisms. Something can be stated as a "fact", and appear logical, but is untrue, when the "fact" of the premise is untrue.
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