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What’s wrong with that bumper sticker? From my PoV, it seems odd someone would value someone else’s truck more than their own life!

Phemist 14d ago
Nothing wrong indeed with the sticker that says "I value my life more than your truck". Unfortunately that is not the sticker the OP was talking about.
- hyperlinerapp 13d ago
  My point is that the sticker that OP was talking about is perfectly fine, because who in their right mind would think the opposite?
  - piva00 13d ago
    It's really hard to tell if you're playing dumb just to provoke a reaction or if you genuinely do not get the point. Can you clarify?
    - hyperlinerapp 12d ago
      Lores said that: bumper sticker saying "my truck is worth more than your life." My point is that that is a very sensible bumper sticker, because it only applies if someone thinks they want to steal the truck, clearly valuing their life less than the truck, proving the sticker’s point. It’s a common sticker. People who are shot in a robbery (or their kin if they don’t survive) commonly claim “why would the victim who defended themselves value their stuff more than the thief’s life” without failing to consider the thief themselves valued their own life less than the stuff they were attempting to steal. It’s a common sentiment in free places, those who values abiding citizens more than law breaking citizens.
      - piva00 12d ago
        > It’s a common sentiment in free places, those who values abiding citizens more than law breaking citizens. Most free places value human life higher than stuff.
        hyperlinerapp 12d ago
        If someone can steal your stuff without you being able to act, then that is not a free place.
        SauciestGNU 12d ago
        Even in the United States it is generally not legal in most jurisdictions to use deadly force to prevent property crimes.
        hyperlinerapp 12d ago
        Most thieves are dumb. They come armed. All you have to look for is a minor threat, and you can show them some business. Like this: https://x.com/libs_ofchicago/status/2099992150532337702?s=46 https://x.com/libs_ofchicago/status/2099992150532337702?s=46

Phemist 14d ago

Nothing wrong indeed with the sticker that says "I value my life more than your truck". Unfortunately that is not the sticker the OP was talking about.

hyperlinerapp 13d ago
My point is that the sticker that OP was talking about is perfectly fine, because who in their right mind would think the opposite?
- piva00 13d ago
  It's really hard to tell if you're playing dumb just to provoke a reaction or if you genuinely do not get the point. Can you clarify?
  - hyperlinerapp 12d ago
    Lores said that: bumper sticker saying "my truck is worth more than your life." My point is that that is a very sensible bumper sticker, because it only applies if someone thinks they want to steal the truck, clearly valuing their life less than the truck, proving the sticker’s point. It’s a common sticker. People who are shot in a robbery (or their kin if they don’t survive) commonly claim “why would the victim who defended themselves value their stuff more than the thief’s life” without failing to consider the thief themselves valued their own life less than the stuff they were attempting to steal. It’s a common sentiment in free places, those who values abiding citizens more than law breaking citizens.
    - piva00 12d ago
      > It’s a common sentiment in free places, those who values abiding citizens more than law breaking citizens. Most free places value human life higher than stuff.
      - hyperlinerapp 12d ago
        If someone can steal your stuff without you being able to act, then that is not a free place.
        SauciestGNU 12d ago
        Even in the United States it is generally not legal in most jurisdictions to use deadly force to prevent property crimes.
        hyperlinerapp 12d ago
        Most thieves are dumb. They come armed. All you have to look for is a minor threat, and you can show them some business. Like this: https://x.com/libs_ofchicago/status/2099992150532337702?s=46 https://x.com/libs_ofchicago/status/2099992150532337702?s=46