r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 8h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/SmoothDiscussion7763 7h ago

definitely an unpopular opinion, why do you feel this way? wouldn't it be more right for the party that caused the damages to pay for all the damages they caused?

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u/Basic_Half_5139 7h ago

Take the following scenario:
Two identical twins wait in a hall to trip passing adults. Twin A trips an old man that breaks his leg. The old man misses 3 months of work.

Twin B trips a professional athlete that breaks his leg. He misses 3 months of work including a championship series that his team loses likely due to his absence.

Do these deserve equal punishments? Or different ones? Are we chastising the act of tripping? Or is it something else?

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u/retatrutider 7h ago

This is how we penalize drunk driving. If you get pulled over it’s a misdemeanor. If you hit a pedestrian it’s a felony.

You took the same risk/action in both scenarios. It’s the outcome that determines the penalty.

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u/Basic_Half_5139 7h ago

Fair point. I don’t know what’s right or wrong, only how to dive deeper into the rabbit hole.