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Anonymous d456e1ef6177461fe7de004db6e61fc9 started this discussion 1 month (2008-10-15 23:53:43 UTC) ago:
How, could it be dangerous ? :\
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Anonymous 79099c1b97cb096fe5d2c4b1c1079e89 replied with this 1 month (2008-10-15 23:59:18 UTC) ago, 6 minutes later (#70,577):
Well, they aren't aware of what they are doing, so they could easily attack you or hit you with something or something along those lines. In my law class, we examined a case about someone who slept walked (well, slept DROVE) all the way to his in-law's house and killed her, despite having a good relationship her, and wasn't conscious of doing it at all. When people are sleep walking, they can do all the things they could do if they were awake, they just aren't aware of doing it.
Anonymous d9611bb09b8e02283f868e7714c8961c replied with this 1 month (2008-10-16 00:07:55 UTC) ago, 9 minutes later (#70,580):
@70,577So, then…how is waking them up a BAD thing?
Anonymous 8b0565c45cefd1e26036d1001fdaa208 replied with this 1 month (2008-10-16 00:09:50 UTC) ago, 2 minutes later (#70,582):
Nobody likes in-laws, so…
Anonymous 072937e48b8ac1ef3f3ebc85ea8023cc replied with this 1 month (2008-10-16 00:11:21 UTC) ago, 2 minutes later (#70,584):
@70,577Was that a real case?
If so… was the man arrested? Can someone really arrest someone if they didn't know they were committing the crime? :o
Anonymous 469bb3fb8cee26916a86519b2df77f08 replied with this 1 month (2008-10-16 00:28:05 UTC) ago, 17 minutes later (#70,587):
@70,577As big of a co-incidence this may be, were you in Mrs. Foster's Law 11th grade class?
I can confirm this as we studied this exact same case in Law class. The term for it was automatism and the man was let loose of all charges because there was no mens reas (mens rea (the guilty mind) and actus reus (the guilty act) are both imperative elements in order to define a crime). As big of a co-incidence this may be, were
Anonymous 469bb3fb8cee26916a86519b2df77f08 replied with this 1 month (2008-10-16 00:29:47 UTC) ago, 2 minutes later (#70,588):
@70,587Whoops, please excuse me Sysop for the mistake at the end.
Anonymous 79099c1b97cb096fe5d2c4b1c1079e89 replied with this 1 month (2008-10-16 00:33:38 UTC) ago, 4 minutes later (#70,591):
@70,577Well, obviously having them wake up would be a good thing (unless you wanna watch them, because some of the things they do can be pretty funny), but its the actual act of trying to wake them up that can be dangerous. My brother was once sleepwalking, and he was trying to open the door and walk outside, when I tried to wake him up he kept threatening to hit me and yelling at me to get out the way. I doubt every sleep-walking person is going to try and attack you, but it still could happen.
And yes, that case was real, but the guy was acquitted considering he wasn't conscious of what he was doing and he had a proven history of sleepwalking. But I live in Canada and this was a Canadian, so I don't know what the laws considering that are in your countries, so it's better to just not try and kill anyone in your sleep. :P
Anonymous 79099c1b97cb096fe5d2c4b1c1079e89 replied with this 1 month (2008-10-16 00:35:47 UTC) ago, 2 minutes later (#70,593):
@70,587No, my teacher's name is Mr. Stewart, however it is a grade 11 law class! And yeah, that is what its called, automatism, he couldn't be held guilty because although he committed the act, he had no intent to.
Anonymous 23f281d922f6f37cd99a762e269f12c1 replied with this 1 month (2008-10-16 08:43:04 UTC) ago, 8 hours later (#70,739):
There are myths going around that the act of waking a sleepwalker will give them enough shock to give aheart attack. This is false; see:
http://media.www.jhunewsletter.com/media/storage/paper932/news/2005/09/23/Science/Myth-You.Can.Never.Wake.A.Sleepwalker-2242959.shtmlor google the title or words to that effect to see other articles.
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