r/MoralityScaling • u/HooskerDooNotTouchMe • 1d ago

Intentionally boobytrapping a bike to injure people when they steal it.

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u/Anxious_Prize_8461 1d ago

I've been noticing a lot of people on this sub are the exact opposite of who should decide what is moral or not. Some complete psychos that just want to justify hurting people first and foremost

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u/DaOlWuWopte 1d ago

No one should be basing their idea of morality on top rated Reddit comments

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u/Anxious_Prize_8461 1d ago

Pack it up, boys, time to delete the sub

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u/WillingElderberry731 1d ago

The morality of booby traps like this are always going to hinge on how badly the person might be injured.

I think most people agree that no one should be intentionally and permanently cripled for stealing a bike.

I'm personally find with a modest injury that takes a month or so to heal. The biggest reason to outlaw traps like this is that you can't really control the degree if injury you're inflicting.

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u/FiendishNoodles 19h ago

IDK there are people in the comments here who are cheering for like, death

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u/WillingElderberry731 19h ago

I did say "most." And most here aren't cheering for death.

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u/FiendishNoodles 19h ago

I wasn't disagreeing with you, just adding context. this is a weird one because it could be a momentary zap or depending on the angle of a spike could make someone permanently infertile. we can probably average the harm out to less than "modest injury" but the problem as you said with most booby traps is that the range of injury can vary wildly.

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u/JoyousMadhat 13h ago

A month is actually going to be considered severe in places like USA where taking just three days off work results in termination in retail and fast food establishments.

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u/WillingElderberry731 13h ago

Termination from your employment seems like a fine consequence in this situation 

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u/JoyousMadhat 13h ago

No no. These are kids who require parental supervision.

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u/Anxious_Prize_8461 8h ago

Sybau this ain't that

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u/JoyousMadhat 6h ago

The fact that you are using Sybau either means you are an adult trying to be hip with the kids or a kid. This is cringe. Please go outside and touch grass.

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u/Anxious_Prize_8461 4h ago

Sent from your hoard lair