Darkside Bill retweetledi
I will absolutely die on the hill that the main reason school shootings have become as big a problem as they have is this mindset. When you insist on shaming and punishing victims for daring to fight back, all you get is a slow moral erosion of both perpetrator and victim. Perpetrators lose their deterrent and double down on their behavior, while victims have the idea gradually planted into their heads that the moral principles guiding our society, and the authority figures who uphold them, are just there to keep them miserable.
The Blessed Salt 🧂@theblessedsalt
This post is an excellent litmus test for understanding of just war theory. Despite the fact that I can see how effective this would be, I must oppose it because the damage it would do to my enemy (who bashes in my mailbox) would far outweigh the good of saving my mailbox. Its disproportionality is opposed by our duty in charity (and even justice) to watch out even for the good of our enemies. (Yes, by the way, I have had my mailbox bashed in by random vandals.)
English
