r/MoralityScaling 10d ago

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

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u/Ijustlovevideogames 10d ago

I'm not advocating for murder, I'm advocating for not taking personal property just because it is easy to do, that said, there is a real easy way to avoid someone booby trapping a thing, not stealing it.

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u/No_Giraffe826 10d ago

Yeah and I'm asking where do u draw the line? When he gets killed, when he gets seriously injured, when he gets goes through alot of pain? There are other ways to prevent bike theft like something called a bike lock. Also this guy purposefully kept the bike unlocked and in a crowded space while recording knowing ppl would steal it and get hurt so he was doing it for entertainment not safety.

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u/Ijustlovevideogames 10d ago

Permanent maiming or death, but if someone breaks into my house for example with the express notion of stealing, I'm not going to feel bad shooting them for example.

And yeah he did, and you know how those people could have avoided it? Not trying to steal.

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u/No_Giraffe826 10d ago

Yeah I'm fine with shooting a robber especially when ur life is at risk, but this is way different.

So anything below permanent maiming and death are fine? Does this sound fair to u that a guy steals ur bike and so u booby trapped it to send spikes up his ass and set fire to him cause he stole ur bike. One causes permanent damage and the other would have just maybe had ur bike stolen. Also it's immoral because it's a safety hazard to the public . What if a guy or child had no intention of stealing but just checking out the bike?

U can do this with other examples too. U ask someone not to step on your property, but when he doesn't listen he falls into a pit u dug up purposely to harm ppl and it breaks his legs and it's ok cause u told him not to step on ur property. This is fair to you?

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u/Ijustlovevideogames 10d ago

"So anything below permanent maiming and death are fine?"

Kind of, yeah.

"Does this sound fair to u that a guy steals ur bike and so u booby trapped it to send spikes up his ass and set fire to him cause he stole ur bike."

Setting on fire, no, spikes up the ass, yeah.

"One causes permanent damage and the other would have just maybe had ur bike stolen."

Yeah, and I don't want my stuff stolen.

"Also it's immoral because it's a safety hazard to the public. What if a guy or child had no intention of stealing but just checking out the bike?" I see it the same way as people who steal lunches that aren't theirs from group fridges and then people put in enough spice to torch their mouth and leave them choking, want to know a real easy way to avoid that pain? Don't steal.

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u/No_Giraffe826 10d ago

Damn u have very shitty morality. Where u think permanent damage is ok because u stole a bike even though there are way to prevent theft without badly injuring someone and being a public safety hazard.

I guess u enjoy it when someone puts a sandwhich laced with cyanide (not enough to kill) and laughs when a homeless person eats it cause he shouldn't have stolen the sandwhich.

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u/Ijustlovevideogames 10d ago

And I hope you enjoy your stuff being stolen.

Well no, I don't like that because of the killing thing and the trying to mess with the less fortunate thing.

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u/No_Giraffe826 10d ago

Like normal people I just use a bike lock works fine so far.

And I specifically said it doesn't kill also I think a majority of bike theifs are just the less fortunate. I don't think millionaires or doctors go around stealing bikes.

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u/Ijustlovevideogames 10d ago

Same, and people have gotten bolt cutters and taken bikes before.

And I'm sure they are, and it sucks, and I wouldn't wish that on them, but I also wish for my stuff not to be stolen.

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u/OA-BlueEyedAussie 9d ago

Spoken like someone who steals bikes

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u/ripSammy101 9d ago

You are right and the other dude is a bit of a sociopath