• Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
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    8 months ago

    I mean obviously the gun laws are insane but the act of collectively beating the shit out of pickpockets has my respect.

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      8 months ago

      What about a pickpocket that stole a stupid iPhone from a rich teen who would get a new one the very next day? And, in some less frequent cases, the pickpocket may have had actual needs like buying medicine…

      That’s the reason we have a judicial system. Not even police are supposed to do harm, only prevent harm and bring into justice system.

      I know the system has many flaws. That’s beyond the point. Those who prefer to go vigilante are calling for making it worse. Specially if we take into account the effects of inequality on a hands-on self-service judicial approach…

      • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        8 months ago

        How’s the pickpocket to know the person in question’s situation? That’s one of the top justifications scammers in india use as to why they pretend what they do is reasonable. But reality is they don’t know, and they don’t care. They’ll steal from anyone.

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        8 months ago

        And, in some less frequent cases, the pickpocket may have had actual needs like buying medicine…

        Likewise, a pickpocketing victim may also need to buy medicine.

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        8 months ago

        But the judicial system famously doesn’t differentiate between people doing what they need to for good reasons and those doing it for bad reasons…

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        8 months ago

        Are you actually defending thieves?

        Why can’t the pickpocket go get a job and buy his own damn iPhone. My stuff is mine, you try to take it and I’ll hit you. This is like basic human behavior.

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      8 months ago

      Violent retribution as a core principle might contribute to your completely insane murder rates.

      • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        8 months ago

        Man, people should have a right to defend their shit. The idea that someone should be allowed to take your things in front of you and you should be charged if you beat them up is pretty unhinged tbh

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          8 months ago

          I fully disagree and enjoy living in a society free of such barbaric tendencies.

          Make your people happy and maybe they’ll stop stealing your shit.

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            8 months ago

            There are people who steal no matter how wealthy or comfortable they are. Theft is not stopped by making people happy. Reduced significantly, yes. But absolutely not stopped. Wage theft is the largest form of theft in the world, done exclusively by the better off and rich. Never forget that

            (And yes, I’m saying that people should have the right to beat up their employers to get back their stolen money)

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            8 months ago

            Where do you live? I want your shit

            Not rhetorical, I personally want your shit

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          8 months ago

          Man, it’s just shit. Life should be of higher value than an object, even if it’s a really cool object or useful. You beating someone for taking something is a bigger problem then things being taken. You can’t commit a crime because someone else also committed a crime first. Get it?

          • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            8 months ago

            Quite simply, that should be the thief’s decision to make. It’s their risk to undertake, it was their decision to make that choice to rob and steal.

            You can’t commit a crime because someone else also committed a crime first. Get it?

            Legality is not morality.