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So if we make it easier for criminals to take the things we spent our life working to obtain. We are better off ? You do realize theft is essentially stealing

by geggam 7y ago

So if we make it easier for criminals to take the things we spent our life working to obtain. We are better off ? You do realize theft is essentially stealing the part of your life you spent working for that thing ?

ajuc 7y ago
They catch them later anyway. Much better if they steal your stuff and go to the jail, than if you start a firefight and people get injured or dead? How much you carry on you - 1000 USD? How much to fix perforated lungs? Will they even fix it completely? The best solution to theft is to let it happen and retrieve the stolen goods later. Turning a theft into murder is the worst possible solution. BTW Crime is less common in countries with gun control than in USA (admitedly - that's probably only partially caused by gun laws, much more important is the absurd lack of basic public services).
- DuskStar 7y ago
  > The best solution to theft is to let it happen and retrieve the stolen goods later. Just wondering - is the best solution to rape also to just "let it happen and deal with the rapist later"? > BTW Crime is less common in countries with gun control than in USA (admitedly - that's probably only partially caused by gun laws, much more important is the absurd lack of basic public services). Pretty sure that's a lie, or at the very least there are countries with strict gun control that are far worse than the US. Most of Central America, for instance.
  - CompanionCuuube 7y ago
    > Just wondering - is the best solution to rape also to just "let it happen and deal with the rapist later"? You're responding to someone who calls self-defense "murder", so I think the answer is rather obvious here.
- JoeAltmaier 7y ago
  There's a famous joke, about the Quaker standing at the head of his stairs at night, holding a rifle. Says to the thief in the room below "Friend, I wouldn't harm you for the world, but you're standing right where I'm about to fire this rifle." Who's to blame for theft-turning-to-shooting?
  - ajuc 7y ago
    Who cares about blame if 2 people die when they could both live?

by geggam 7y ago

ajuc 7y ago

They catch them later anyway. Much better if they steal your stuff and go to the jail, than if you start a firefight and people get injured or dead? How much you carry on you - 1000 USD? How much to fix perforated lungs? Will they even fix it completely? The best solution to theft is to let it happen and retrieve the stolen goods later. Turning a theft into murder is the worst possible solution. BTW Crime is less common in countries with gun control than in USA (admitedly - that's probably only partially caused by gun laws, much more important is the absurd lack of basic public services).

DuskStar 7y ago
> The best solution to theft is to let it happen and retrieve the stolen goods later. Just wondering - is the best solution to rape also to just "let it happen and deal with the rapist later"? > BTW Crime is less common in countries with gun control than in USA (admitedly - that's probably only partially caused by gun laws, much more important is the absurd lack of basic public services). Pretty sure that's a lie, or at the very least there are countries with strict gun control that are far worse than the US. Most of Central America, for instance.
- CompanionCuuube 7y ago
  > Just wondering - is the best solution to rape also to just "let it happen and deal with the rapist later"? You're responding to someone who calls self-defense "murder", so I think the answer is rather obvious here.
JoeAltmaier 7y ago
There's a famous joke, about the Quaker standing at the head of his stairs at night, holding a rifle. Says to the thief in the room below "Friend, I wouldn't harm you for the world, but you're standing right where I'm about to fire this rifle." Who's to blame for theft-turning-to-shooting?
- ajuc 7y ago
  Who cares about blame if 2 people die when they could both live?