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I hope they get away with it. Knowing that the royal jewels were successfully stolen is more interesting than looking at them behind some glass for 15 seconds.
by dokem 8y ago
I hope they get away with it. Knowing that the royal jewels were successfully stolen is more interesting than looking at them behind some glass for 15 seconds.
- marmshallow 8y agoThis mentality does not scale
- rafael859 8y agoUnrelated, but I think that this short phrase is a very good summary of Kantian ethics :)
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- lomnakkus 8y agoThat seems... short-sighted. There's a huge amount of 'interesting' things one can do which are illegal, immoral, depraved and worse. (I'd argue that stealing is generally at the very least illegal and immoral, but opinion may vary depending on who the 'injured' party is.)
- overcast 8y agoSo instead hidden away in some private stash, where no one will ever see them.
- cgag 8y agoAgreed. Its interesting and hilarious.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoIs "interesting" your #1 measure for the value of an action? That seems problematic. 9/11 was interesting as hell--we're still talking about it and retelling the stories.
- newnewpdro 8y agoDid you just equate the theft of "royal" property with 9/11?
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoI was exaggerating to make a point, obviously. I'm saying there are some clear problems with the idea that crime is OK as long as it's entertaining enough.
- newnewpdro 8y agoExcept that's not what they said, there's plenty of context in both their statement and this entire thread you're willfully ignoring to make that leap.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoWhich context is that? Dokem thinks that getting to read about a heist is more "interesting" than having historical objects available for public viewing. The only other person who agrees with him offers no reason except that it's "hilarious." Do you think the historical value doesn't count because it was on public display at a church instead of a museum? Or because it was on loan from a private (royal) collection? Or just that it's okay to rob historical displays as long as it entertains you? I don't understand your argument.
- newnewpdro 8y agoI don't understand yours. You're turning Dokem's specific comment about a museum heist into some kind of general attitude towards all crime being ok provided it's interesting. The article clearly states nobody was hurt in the heist, there's no violence in this particular situation whatsoever and you're pulling in terrorists flying planes into skyscrapers.
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- zanmat0 8y agoSo cultural artifacts have no place in society then? Because they will only be looked at for 15 seconds?