>>Tempted though I am, I have to say incorporating -- even for someone with as much blood on his hands as Cheney -- is a very bad idea.<<

It not only is not a bad idea, it's how it is. If you shoot someone--regardless of why--you're going to be arrested and charged. That doesn't mean you will be found guilty but there will be a trial or at least a hearing. When one person shoots another, it is a very bad idea to assume it was an accident. If it was, let him prove it, let the evidence show it. But he can't be allowed to simply walk away from it.

It's like traffic court--you're guilty until you prove your innocence. It couldn't work any other way. I shouldn't have said an assumption of guilt. I should have said a presumption of guilt. If you shoot someone, you must prove you weren't being an asshole. Foul play or negligence must be presumed and you must prove it is not so.