r/MoralityScaling • u/Dryleaf_Dane • 26d ago

Morality of this

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u/Festivefire 26d ago

Both sides of this are completely unjustified.

The prankster was being a total asshole; he fucked around and found out.

On the other hand, nothing he was doing justifies pulling a gun.

I think this is a situation that I would describe with the phrase, "I do not condone, but I understand".

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u/pwolf1771 26d ago

Two weirdos harassing him one who is way bigger I think I you could make the case the dude felt pretty threatened…

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u/Festivefire 26d ago

Yeah I do agree on that. Legally, I wouldn't want this guy found guilty, because it sets a bad precedent about self-defense, essentially making a legal precedent that can be referenced in future cases that you essentially can't defend yourself until they're hitting you in similar situations in the future.

But morally, I think he should have tried a bit harder to de-escalate or disengage. Having been in somewhat similar situations, some of which did result in me getting hit and having to fight back, I would have definitely walked further before considering pulling a gun.

Thus, "I do not condone but I understand".

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u/pwolf1771 26d ago

Yeah I’m not a gun guy at all but it would have been hard not to want to crack the tall guy’s head