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Your iPhone 7 is totally worth a teen's life - or hell, 4 or 5 of them - especially if they're black, right? On the other hand, they're threatening the lives o

by jimmyk 9y ago

Your iPhone 7 is totally worth a teen's life - or hell, 4 or 5 of them - especially if they're black, right? On the other hand, they're threatening the lives of random innocent people over something as trivial as a phone, so why should we value their lives particularly highly?

owebmaster 9y ago
The same can be said about the young richies driving drunk. By your reasoning, we should give less value to their lives.
- jimmyk 9y ago
  young richies driving drunk Why are you singling out rich people that drive drunk? By your reasoning, we should give less value to their lives. How might we act on that lower valuation? We might demonstrate that we don't value a mugger's life very highly by shooting him in the act. How would we demonstrate that we don't value a drunk driver's life very highly? Shoot the car with a rocket launcher?
  - owebmaster 9y ago
    > Why are you singling out rich people that drive drunk? Because they're threatening the lives of random innocent people over something as trivial as a their easiness to avoid problems with the law. > How would we demonstrate that we don't value a drunk driver's life very highly? Putting them on jail the same way we do with people that steal iphones. I mean Literally the same way, with a lot of punches and armlocks.
    - jimmyk 9y ago
      Because they're threatening the lives of random innocent people over something as trivial as a their easiness to avoid problems with the law. You're suggesting that rich people commonly drive drunk solely because they get some kind of thrill out of endangering the lives of innocent people and being able to get out of the consequences more easily than other people? Putting them on jail the same way we do with people that steal iphones. I mean Literally the same way, with a lot of punches and armlocks. We're not talking about what happens to them after they no longer pose a threat to innocent people. The purpose of shooting a mugger is not to punish the mugger, it's to prevent harm from coming to you.

by jimmyk 9y ago

owebmaster 9y ago

The same can be said about the young richies driving drunk. By your reasoning, we should give less value to their lives.

jimmyk 9y ago
young richies driving drunk Why are you singling out rich people that drive drunk? By your reasoning, we should give less value to their lives. How might we act on that lower valuation? We might demonstrate that we don't value a mugger's life very highly by shooting him in the act. How would we demonstrate that we don't value a drunk driver's life very highly? Shoot the car with a rocket launcher?
- owebmaster 9y ago
  > Why are you singling out rich people that drive drunk? Because they're threatening the lives of random innocent people over something as trivial as a their easiness to avoid problems with the law. > How would we demonstrate that we don't value a drunk driver's life very highly? Putting them on jail the same way we do with people that steal iphones. I mean Literally the same way, with a lot of punches and armlocks.
  - jimmyk 9y ago
    Because they're threatening the lives of random innocent people over something as trivial as a their easiness to avoid problems with the law. You're suggesting that rich people commonly drive drunk solely because they get some kind of thrill out of endangering the lives of innocent people and being able to get out of the consequences more easily than other people? Putting them on jail the same way we do with people that steal iphones. I mean Literally the same way, with a lot of punches and armlocks. We're not talking about what happens to them after they no longer pose a threat to innocent people. The purpose of shooting a mugger is not to punish the mugger, it's to prevent harm from coming to you.