This is not about how a parent committing a crime makes their child predisposed to commit a crime. Rather, it's the concept of the law forbidding an act that would be to the detriment of future generations on a large scale. As someone ignorant of most things, I found it intriguing.
Originally it was brought up in the context of global warming. That is, a polluter is guilty of ruining the planet for future generations and should be actively held accountable by being prosecuted and fined or jailed in the present.
It's a curious concept and one that I find compelling but also troublesome. So, smart people, does this idea already exist in current law? What do yo u think of it in general?
And do your best to not have this thread veer off into an argument about global warming itself. It was just an example.
In this case Obama is committing the worst crime in the world by passing on a huge debt to our grandchildren.
