VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe corporate party vs everyday peoplediscuss.onlineimagemessage-square180linkfedilinkarrow-up1859arrow-down158
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minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down10·2 months agoNot really. A guy standing in a room watching a rape or murder is also irredeemable scum.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down7·2 months agoLess bad than the one committing it. Maybe not “far far” but still.
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down6·2 months agoI can and will argue that its just as bad. Kinda like pointing and laughing at shipwreck survivors before you leave them to drown.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·2 months agoThere is a reason however that in such cases the law differentiates between murder and accessory to murder. The latter carries less severe penalties. They are simply not the same thing and one is objectively worse than the other.
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minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoMorals are relative. The law is not (at least ideally).
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minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoMany argued it was immoral for black people and white people to drink from the same fountains too. That’s the problem with using morals as a standard.
Not really.
A guy standing in a room watching a rape or murder is also irredeemable scum.
Less bad than the one committing it. Maybe not “far far” but still.
I can and will argue that its just as bad. Kinda like pointing and laughing at shipwreck survivors before you leave them to drown.
There is a reason however that in such cases the law differentiates between murder and accessory to murder. The latter carries less severe penalties. They are simply not the same thing and one is objectively worse than the other.
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Morals are relative. The law is not (at least ideally).
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Many argued it was immoral for black people and white people to drink from the same fountains too. That’s the problem with using morals as a standard.