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It was a tasteless joke. And a governments committing disproportionate violence over it is overkill. (To save us the argument, if it's violence when I do it, i
by koenigdavidmj 10y ago
It was a tasteless joke. And a governments committing disproportionate violence over it is overkill.
(To save us the argument, if it's violence when I do it, it's violence when the government does it too. If I take your money, lock you up in a cage, or kill you, these are all violent.)
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y agoHow is the “comedian”'s repeated public humiliation of a specific disabled kid less violent than him being fined $42k?
- derefr 10y agoWhy is taking money violent? We don't have debtors prisons in the developed world; people who are fined for something and can't pay, just don't pay. Fines, like (most) taxes, are meant to be disincentives, not punishments.
- function_seven 10y agoJust not paying a fine is not an option for most of us. If you don't pay the fine (that you have the means to pay) and take steps to prevent the government from collecting, then the next step is jail.