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That still doesn't make looting self-defense.
by efraim 6y ago
That still doesn't make looting self-defense.
- baby 6y agoIf you see the community, or the people, as a single organism. Then yes it is reacting in harmful way to an attack. And it is hard to control where the harm is directed.
- philwelch 6y agoYou’re talking about human beings who are responsible for their own actions.
- baby 6y agoAnd yet people generalize the action of a few to the whole protest.
- philwelch 6y agoYes, especially when they say things like, "If you see the community, or the people, as a single organism..."
- baby 6y agoit's like you're actively trying not to understand my comment?
- philwelch 6y agoNot at all. If looting and vandalism is “the action of a few”, then it doesn’t make sense to characterize it as “self-defense” on behalf of some collective “organism”. It’s like you switched sides and started arguing my point in the middle of the argument.
- baby 6y ago> If looting and vandalism is “the action of a few”, then it doesn’t make sense to characterize it as “self-defense” on behalf of some collective “organism”. Then we'll have to agree to disagree, opportunists don't exist without a crowd.
- efraim 6y agoWhat is the point of your comments? You mention the community as an organism that can't control where the harm is directed, that is acting in self-defense. But the people looting, breaking windows and throwing stones are individuals that chose to participate in violent riots. They are not acting in self-defense.
- baby 6y agoThe point of my comment is that you will always have bad apples, doesn't make the whole field rotten.