Comment on Will they wake up before it's too late?

• FishFace@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Not what “legal” means, is it.

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  • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well it kinda is. If something is illegal but you can’t be punished for it, what does it mean really?

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    • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It means society has agreed officially that it should be punished, and you’re getting away with it.

      You’re talking about the direct, practical implications, and sure, there it’s no different. But there’s more to life than that.

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      • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        But society “officially” agreeing is morality, not law. What he has done and is doing is wrong and deserves punishment for that, not strictly because “it’s illegal”. The difference is demanding consequences vs relying on someone else to administer them.

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      • baines@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        yea we don’t care about the semantics when people are being shot with impunity

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