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I'm against both, but "no better than" is a cheap exaggeration. Yes, they are better. This doesn't make them OK (in my view), but let's stop acting silly.

• Brian_K_White 2y ago
  It's no better. The only reason you think it's any different is because you think one has a defensible purpose and one does not. Maybe you consider the one more like an industrial accident. But they both have actually the same purpose. In both cases it's something the perpetrators think must be done for the greater good of all. Any argument you can present ultimately resolves to that, and that is the literal definition of a sacrifice. Or are you suggesting that an injection is better than a knife to the heart or a burning?
  • poincaredisk 2y ago
    Jailing someone is also something perpetrators think must be done for the greater good of all. I honestly don't understand the comparison at all. Plenty of things are done for a greater good. Some of them work better than others. Similarly, bloodletting and modern medicine have the same purpose (making the patient feel better), but one of them is better than another.
    • Brian_K_White 2y ago
      Jailing is an example of something that is not no better. It is better.