Quote Originally Posted by DeityorDevil View Post
Nail on the head, Thorne. Here in the states we're a puritan nation, so those ideas of "innocence" are pretty deeply ingrained. Often I think that language like that comes into play in the court of public opinion. A bystander getting shot doesn't carry the same psychological weight in this country like, "an innocent bystander was gunned down."
So does this mean that 'innocent' has or had to do with religion, as in innocent of sins, originally? Or is it more to do with rules between people?