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Of course it's a bigger problem: it's happening more often, to more people, in larger amounts. Society may have a bigger problem with violent theft than with e
by tehwebguy 8y ago
Of course it's a bigger problem: it's happening more often, to more people, in larger amounts.
Society may have a bigger problem with violent theft than with employers stealing wages, but that society views it this way in itself is a problem.
- edanm 8y agoI think you're just defining the size of a problem differently than parent. Parent (rightly or wrongly) assumes that things which are more violent are a bigger problem, whereas you seem to be purely looking at how many people this affects. > Society may have a bigger problem with violent theft than with employers stealing wages, but that society views it this way in itself is a problem. I'm with parent on this though, personally. I'd much rather more people lost some money than more people were physically hurt/killed. There are scope effects here - I wouldn't necessarily trade 1 armed robbery for 1,000 thefts or something. But I do think the OP is making a false equivalence which isn't really useful to the discussino.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoBut that's a completely false choice. You don't have to choose either; we can aggressively go after both.
- edanm 8y agoI agree! All the more reason not to compare these in the article title.
- tehwebguy 8y ago> I'd much rather more people lost some money than more people were physically hurt/killed. Ahh but no one has to get hurt, it's about intimidation. One robber uses a gun to intimidate the victim with the threat that they will feel pain or lose their actual life if they stand up. The other type of robber uses employment to intimidate the victim with the threat that they will lose their livelihood if they stand up. > There are scope effects here - I wouldn't necessarily trade 1 armed robbery for 1,000 thefts or something. I think that's a fair qualifier.