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I have seen it from their perspective, I’m not an idiot. I’m fully capable of seeing and understanding another persons perspective, and disagreeing with it. I

by kaikai 2y ago

I have seen it from their perspective, I’m not an idiot. I’m fully capable of seeing and understanding another persons perspective, and disagreeing with it. I reject the idea that allowing people to go hungry when there is a EXCESS of food available is a morally correct choice. Laws are rules created by people and we have the ability to change them. At the very least, we have the ability and moral responsibility to ignore them when they are unethical. Also, I have never sold dumpstered food or given it to anyone who didn’t know it was dumpstered. I HAVE gotten injured dumpstering, and didn’t sue anyone for it. I DID get sick once from dumpstered food, and didn’t sue anyone for it (I’ve also gotten sick from eating at restaurants, and didn’t sue them, either). For me, basic human rights and care for each other will always trump laws and property rights. And yes, I’ve done jail time for it and would do it again. I know that we won’t agree, and don’t need to change your mind. I do hope that you can understand the difference between knowing and understanding the rules, and blindly following the rules.

giardini 2y ago
kaikai says>"I do hope that you can understand the difference between knowing and understanding the rules, and blindly following the rules."< You could have done either: known and understood the rules or blindly followed the rules. Either was acceptable but you did neither: you instead broke the rules. Your post is a sociopathic justification of criminal action. Why are there so many people unemployed and unemployable who seem to seek a repeat of the French Revolution in all of it's blood-dripping anarchy? The music of Les Miserables (the musical) was good, but not that good!
anon84873628 2y ago
Well, at least you understand the rules and are willing to accept the consequences. The reason they are enforced is because of game theory. There are plenty of things that are not a big deal if only one or two people do it. However, if large numbers of people do it then the system breaks down for everyone. One hopes for some individual discretion at the margins, and the TJ's manager probably went overboard. However the morality is not so obvious when one has to consider higher order effects. (Though I also realize you would like the entire system to function differently anyway, which is a fair point as well).

by kaikai 2y ago

giardini 2y ago

kaikai says>"I do hope that you can understand the difference between knowing and understanding the rules, and blindly following the rules."< You could have done either: known and understood the rules or blindly followed the rules. Either was acceptable but you did neither: you instead broke the rules. Your post is a sociopathic justification of criminal action. Why are there so many people unemployed and unemployable who seem to seek a repeat of the French Revolution in all of it's blood-dripping anarchy? The music of Les Miserables (the musical) was good, but not that good!

anon84873628 2y ago

Well, at least you understand the rules and are willing to accept the consequences. The reason they are enforced is because of game theory. There are plenty of things that are not a big deal if only one or two people do it. However, if large numbers of people do it then the system breaks down for everyone. One hopes for some individual discretion at the margins, and the TJ's manager probably went overboard. However the morality is not so obvious when one has to consider higher order effects. (Though I also realize you would like the entire system to function differently anyway, which is a fair point as well).