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All lives are not equal. The value of the life of a thief whose only impact on the society is negative, cannot be compared to e.g. a doctor.
by earth-tattoo 1mo ago
All lives are not equal. The value of the life of a thief whose only impact on the society is negative, cannot be compared to e.g. a doctor.
- Scrapemist 1mo agoSo why would someone risk his live and become a thief instead of a doctor?
- ssl-3 1mo agoSome combination of desperation and sociopathy. I might suppose that it's usually more the former than the latter, but there's degrees to each characteristic. They perceive that they need things, and they don't necessarily care who they harm to get the things that satisfy this need. (When we dress it up all nice and back it with corporate layers and an army of lawyers, sometimes we get CEOs.)
- lenkite 1mo agoOr basic simple profit for sociopaths. Organized criminal rings have turned catalytic converter theft into a multi-million to billion dollar+ industry. Its basically steal from the POOR middle-class and make the sociopaths even more rich. Nobody desperate will dare steal from the gangs since its not just death, but PAIN before death.
- dessimus 1mo agoLaziness mostly. It takes at least a decade of sustained exhausting mental and physical work to become a doctor, becoming a thief is mostly opportunity.
- giardini 1mo agoMed school.
- jstanley 1mo agoDo you also define yourself according to the worst thing you've ever done?
- huimang 1mo agoPeople often do get defined in terms of their profession or things they habitually do.
- HarlequinHair 1mo agoI agree with the general concept, but it's not practical to use. What about a bad medic? Or a thief that helps homeless people in their free time? If it was easy, we would have simpler laws and better justice systems...
- crossroadsguy 1mo agoNow let's talk about a doctor-thief, or a thief-doctor - your preference. Let's not get into the reasons/circumstances, because I'm pretty sure those won't be on the cards when a gun is drawn, or two.
- hackable_sand 1mo agoSame value. They're the same value.
- giardini 1mo agohackable_sand says "Same value. They're the same value." How do you come by that? By that logic, Joseph Stalin is as valuable as Mother Theresa!
- hackable_sand 1mo agoAsk yourself what kind of person places value on a human life. Yourself, not me.