jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-21 年前You’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing itwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up1905arrow-down150file-text
arrow-up1855arrow-down1external-linkYou’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing itwww.vox.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-21 年前message-square195fedilinkfile-text
Not really sure what to put here…I usually put relevant excerpts, but that got this post deleted for doing that
minus-squareLongpork_afficianado@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 年前Do you consider Harriet Tubman a criminal too?
minus-squareHalosheep@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·1 年前Ethically no, legally yes? That’s sort of just how laws work. Legal doesn’t mean good.
minus-squareLongpork_afficianado@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前So why do we need to differentiate between “arrested for exposing abuse” and “arrested for breaking unjust laws in the process of exposing abuse”?
Do you consider Harriet Tubman a criminal too?
Ethically no, legally yes?
That’s sort of just how laws work. Legal doesn’t mean good.
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So why do we need to differentiate between “arrested for exposing abuse” and “arrested for breaking unjust laws in the process of exposing abuse”?
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