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> and according to your interpretation stealing a car seems "not a big deal" because it comes after a murder. In my above example I would be guilty of both mur
by ddtaylor 5y ago
> and according to your interpretation stealing a car seems "not a big deal" because it comes after a murder.
In my above example I would be guilty of both murder AND stealing cars, so yeah, I think the murder part would be a much bigger deal.
- mdp2021 5y ago> the murder part would be a much bigger deal Which is irrelevant, because it does not reduce the absolute value of the other crime. "Y is a much bigger deal than X" cannot produce "X is not a big deal".