Passion is such a powerful force, and comes with powerful consequences and also extreme results. So much so, that certain types of crimes are classified under its umbrella.
The French actually have that in their legal system, and people who commit such crimes are treated differently than the other common curs who rob, maim and kill for other reasons.
A crime of passion: French: ‘crime passionnel’ in popular usage, refers to a violent crime, especially homicide, in which the perpetrator commits the act against someone because of sudden strong impulses such as anger or jealousy, rather than a premeditated crime.
So, in other words, the French will give you a pass, show some leniency, if your crime was brought on by passion instead of just evil, greed or pure wickedness..
Passion is a strong and barely controllable emotion. It’s what often propels people to do great things, sometime positive, other times negative.
The passion that I’m referring to though, is that powerful, almost animalistic urge that people feel about anything that they get involved with. That passion drives them to go above and beyond the ordinary, making them achieve heights that mortals can only dream of.
That can apply to almost any endeavor, but when it comes to relationships and romance, it has no equal. Passion is a burning red hot desire and feeling that a man has for a woman or a woman for a man. They cannot keep their hands off each other, they cannot get enough of each other, they cannot stand to be apart from each other, and have an insatiable hunger and thirst for each other. “What’s wrong with them, they have this burning passion.They might explode.”
That sort of feeling will drive people to madness and let them do crazy irrational things that they would not normally do. It’s almost like temporary insanity, in fact it’s akin to absolute madness. And that’s why the French, in their wisdom recognize this.
If you have all those powerful explosive, volcanic, cataclysmic feelings for your woman, only to walk in and witness her and another man wrapped up in the coils of an embrace like two serpents, doing what you thought was your privilege, what would you do?
It’s enough to drive a man crazy, and that’s what often happens. If you flew into a rage and bashed in her head with a sculpture or stabbed the man or even strangled him with your bare hands if you could, that would be a crime of passion….if you were in France.
My advice would be to just walk away, but remember what I said about passion leading to insanity, and for that single moment, people may just snap.
But passion lets people do crazy things and addles the brain. I prefer to call it a passionate crime.
“I just wasn’t thinking straight your honour. When I saw them together in our matrimonial bed, I just snapped .” “I understand your passion, admonished and discharged.”
Sometimes, just based on the sheer brutality of the crime, you can deduce even with an untrained eye, that it’s a passionate crime. “The victim was stabbed one hundred and forty five times.”
Passionate crimes seem to be the most gruesome when it comes to domestic crimes, and lets seemingly normal people do the most ghastly, heinous horrific acts. It’s so ironic that an emotion as powerful, pleasurable and beautiful as passion can lead someone to do such barbaric deeds.
But remember, passion is often akin to insanity it’s been said, and that’s why they also have crimes that fall under that designation, ‘By reason of insanity.’
Passion elevates the senses, lifts your spirits, makes you feel exhilarated, motivates you to achieve, and yes, to experience great pleasures.. Without it you are nothing but a shell without feelings.
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