VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agoThe corporate party vs everyday peoplediscuss.onlineimagemessage-square168linkfedilinkarrow-up1791arrow-down154cross-posted to: mop@quokk.au
arrow-up1737arrow-down1imageThe corporate party vs everyday peoplediscuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square168linkfedilinkcross-posted to: mop@quokk.au
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down10·1 day agoNot really. A guy standing in a room watching a rape or murder is also irredeemable scum.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down6·1 day agoLess bad than the one committing it. Maybe not “far far” but still.
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down6·1 day 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-down4·1 day 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.
minus-squareurthoughtsrbad@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·9 hours agoLaw means less than nothing to morality.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoMorals are relative. The law is not (at least ideally).
minus-squareurthoughtsrbad@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoMy point was that what the laws says is right or wrong should have no bearing on what actually is right or wrong. Where I am from, it was illegal for blacks to drink from certain fountains. The law is always flawed, even if we don’t see it as such today.
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.
Law means less than nothing to morality.
Morals are relative. The law is not (at least ideally).
My point was that what the laws says is right or wrong should have no bearing on what actually is right or wrong.
Where I am from, it was illegal for blacks to drink from certain fountains. The law is always flawed, even if we don’t see it as such today.