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prongs@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Stole $1000 (likely from someone who wouldn’t realise it’s even gone) to prevent untold trauma. I understand it’s a grey situation but knowing how damaging conversion therapy can be to a person, I’d say theft is certainly the lesser of two evils.

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dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It sure is better, but still an unnecessary evil. He should have donated the money to conversion therapy victims or gave it all to the kid.

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- howrar@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I don’t see how donating it is any less morally wrong. Between what he did and what you propose, both involve using the money to fix the same problem. The difference is just
  
  whether he provides the services himself or someone else does and
  
  whether we fix it through prevention or treatment after the fact.
  
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  - dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    How are both using the money to fix the same problem? The $700 was spent on random bills as far as we know. Not to help more kids.
    
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    howrar@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    And what happens when you donate the money? It’s used to pay some other dude’s wages, which then goes towards their bills.
    
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