English SAC: Oral Presentation "Arson or Murder?"

This is my script for my oral presentation, sorry if there is minor grammar mistakes, wrote it at 130 am. Enough said time for bed. Enjoy

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Over the last few months rural Victoria have experienced the worst bushfires ever. More commonly known as “Black Saturday” this natural disaster has brought about many controversies and issues. One of which is the topic of whether arsonist are murderers.
The definition of arson is “the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property”. Common logic would question, who on earth would do that for any good reason? Because clearly there isn’t. It is simply evil costly and causes no one any good ever. Now we when look at this in retrospect these arsonists are the cause of the loss of communities and homes, laying nothing but destruction.

Yes this is arson, but the fact is this foolish act has caused the death of peoples lives; over 200 people in fact along with hundreds of others injured physically and scarred psychologically all because of the heartless acts of arson. The moment that father died what was considered arson has just become the criminal act of murder.

The definition of murder is the “unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another”. As I’ve said in the definition of murder it is “premeditated”, and sure the arsonist may have never intended the death of so many people. But saying that “oh I didn’t know this wasn’t going to happen” is clearly not a good enough reason to justify these actions. If these ignorant human beings are going to argue that you didn’t intend that for people to die, then go tell that to those who have lost their families in these devastating blaze.

These criminals should be dealt with even harsher than they would in a murder case, considering the damaged caused to the community, properties, peoples psychological wellbeing and ultimately the death of Australians.

Sure they can argue that it was going to happen whether they lit that fire or not. And yes this may very well be true, but like any organised crime it’s not just the Mastermind that gets caught but everyone who contributed in some way. In the same way their actions may not have been substantial to the cause of the horrifying blaze, but in the end people are dead, and they have that on them for the rest of their lives with no one to blame but themselves

I believe that the Australian people have a right to know who these arsonists are. The identities of these people have been hidden to protect them from any harm. This idea has its merits, but considering the destruction they have caused, the word “rights” has been destroyed. They pretty much drew their own targets on their backs the moment that fire was lit. Some would argue that they are human beings, true but consider this no rational human being would ever do this and no one is so ignorant to not see the before and after of their actions.

After factoring in all these evil doings, it is clear to say that arsonist’s are murders the moment a person dies in those blazes. And if not a person they have killed the communities because of their actions. Considering things further we can conclude that in fact arson is worse than murder. Now lets all go home to our families, oh wait some don’t have that pleasure anymore, why? Because of those malignant arsonist.