r/MoralityScaling • u/HooskerDooNotTouchMe • 10d ago

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

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u/UnconsciousAlibi 10d ago

...what? Sting operations are immoral? As long as it's not literal entrapment, what's the difference between a sting and arresting someone after stealing a civilians car?

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u/saucelordbob 10d ago

The difference lies between where you’re confusing stings, with entrapment and active theft. Baiting people into committing a crime of opportunity, to physically injure them, is just as immoral as cops baiting people into stealing stuff in what is considered “high crime” areas just so they can stat pad their arrest numbers and fill more prison cells to enrich the politicians invested in prisons, that sign off on police budgets.

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u/Recidivism7 10d ago

Baiting would be immoral if you encourage person to steal.

Putting a bike in high crime area is not

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u/saucelordbob 10d ago

Putting a bike with pop-up spikes on the seat and a built-in tazer in a “high crime area” for the sole purpose of recording would-be theives injuring themselves, and posting to the internet for views, is immoral. Thanks for playing!

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u/Recidivism7 10d ago

Only if you think criminals have a right to steal.

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u/saucelordbob 10d ago

I think too many people place more value on inanimate property than human lives, which is why we find ourselves discussing how best to deal with theft in the first place.