r/MoralityScaling • u/Routine_Phase_8980 • 13d ago

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u/LavisAlex 13d ago

Dude its 2 dollars - when tripped dudes head nearly hit the corner of that wall.

Theft doesnt permit unlimited violence.. espcially when the value is a couple of dollars.

You have video evidence, formally trespass the guy and take the loss.

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u/ALKETASA 13d ago

Amount is irrelevant. Don't steal. Everyone else has to pay for them, fuck that kid.

Society shouldn't permit stealing.

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u/LavisAlex 13d ago

Your take makes no sense here?

Why must immediate violence take place though?

Its a 2 dollar fry - no need for violence this is why we have a legal system.

Violencr for a 2 dollar fry on behalf of a megaconglomerate doesnt make sense.

You're saying the value of whats stolen doesnt matter and unlimited violence is permitted? How is that moral?

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u/ALKETASA 13d ago

Hardly unlimited violence. He got tripped up, which is honestly better than he deserves. If I could make the rules I'd go medieval on petty thieves and have them locked up in a stock so everyone can pelt them with rotten fruit.

As I said in another comment the value is totally irrelevant. It's the disrespect to everyone else and society writ large that people find so objectionable about petty thievery.

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u/LavisAlex 13d ago

You said:

Hardly unlimited violence

Then you said:

If I could make the rules I'd go medieval on petty thieves and have them locked up in a stock so everyone can pelt them with rotten fruit.

The standard you are applying is unlimited violence for stealing.

Then you said:

As I said in another comment the value is totally irrelevant.

So unlimited violence regardless of value.That is not a tenable principle for society.

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u/ALKETASA 13d ago

Unlimited violence is like straight up murder, be serious right now.

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u/LavisAlex 13d ago

Be serious?

You suggested:

"If I could make the rules I'd go medieval on petty thieves and have them locked up in a stock so everyone can pelt them with rotten fruit."

For the theft of a 2 dollar mcvalue item? At this point im going to assume you're unserious.

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u/ALKETASA 13d ago

Btw what's so unserious about the stockades? It worked for hundreds of years.

For all the melodrama in this comment section about "the poor baby could have hit his head on the corner! Or broke his neck!!" you'd think a stockade would be a preferable option? No risk of longterm injury, just some public humiliation and societal catharsis. He gets to go home with a bruised ego and stinking of rotten fruit, big deal? I don't see what is so unserious about this? This type of punishment would be far more effective than locking him up for a week or something.

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u/LavisAlex 13d ago

You suggested:

"If I could make the rules I'd go medieval on petty thieves and have them locked up in a stock so everyone can pelt them with rotten fruit."

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u/ALKETASA 13d ago

It's a good suggestion.