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It's not like he went in out of pure malice or anything though, they were trying to hack him first. Not saying it's some morally pristine thing, but it definite
by gameman144 2y ago
It's not like he went in out of pure malice or anything though, they were trying to hack him first. Not saying it's some morally pristine thing, but it definitely communicated what it was trying to communicate.
As an analogy, we should have empathy for homeless people stuck in poverty, but if one of them continually bikes to your house and tries to break in, is it morally dubious to eventually take their bike chain rather than just shooing them away each attempt? I imagine the moral razor would fall on similar lines.
- squigz 2y agoRegarding your analogy: I think it would be more like taking the bikes of every homeless person as opposed to just the one. Would that make it more or less morally dubious?
- squigz 2y agoTo those downvoting, I'd certainly be curious to hear why.
- gameman144 2y agoI don't think it's quite like that, since there's no direct action aiming to antagonize poor North Korean citizens; they are suffering indirectly due to the harm done to the actual target. In the homeless analogy, maybe the attempted-robber's friends go hungry, since he usually uses the bicycle to go to the grocery store. To me, I don't imagine this changes the calculus much, since almost any intervention will have side-effects.