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Having lost a fried to drugs, I hear your pain. I don't see how killing a lot of fishermen and destroying their families alleviates this pain. There might hav
by mylifeandtimes 11mo ago
Having lost a fried to drugs, I hear your pain.
I don't see how killing a lot of fishermen and destroying their families alleviates this pain.
There might have been drugs on the boats, but maybe not. No one bothered to check first.
The fishermen might have been part-time drug smugglers, maybe not. How do we know? What investigation was done?
And if we really believe that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
then taking away people's lives without due process is murder. Cold blooded, premeditated murder. That's a worse crime than selling someone a drug that might kill them.
Friend, don't let your pain blind you to causing more pain. Ethics is hard.
- esbranson 11mo agoThe US has literal videos. "Grasping for straws" is what this is called.
- ericmcer 11mo agoI mean it is noble to act like you are some being of infinite sympathy and forgiveness. The reality of being alive though is that many people will 100% hurt you for their personal gain. > That's a worse crime than selling someone a drug that might kill them I am pretty sure the 14 people who died weren't smuggling in 14 doses of fentanyl, is killing someone a worse crime than selling 100,000 people a drug that might kill them, and will guaranteed fuck up their lives, their families lives, and their community?
- trehalose 11mo agoThe USA (and many countries) decided long ago to allow the sale of alcohol, a drug that ends many lives and ruins many, many more. I hope that once these fentanyl smugglers are dealt with, we can do something about the drug sellers that are operating out in the open with impunity.
- dzhiurgis 11mo ago[flagged]
- cartoonworld 11mo agoIts almost certainly cocaine
- prmph 11mo agoThen why do we have courts and law and due process? Or you think only US persons are deserving of such?
- dzhiurgis 11mo agoTry not paying these fishermen and see how quickly their empathy runs out.