by ReasonablyDoubtful » Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:51 pm
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Humans are horrible, and yet, statistically, any individual you meet is highly unlikely to actually be someone that cheats, steals, kills, etc.
And, usually, the justification for the first two involve the same view of the world that Weiner espouses: That you'd be likely to do it to them, so they're justified in doing it to you. In other words: It's not a crime when it's against a criminal.
The church donation plate is actually a perfect example of this. An extremely significant number of people put into these donations plates when they go to church, but how many people take from it?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Humans are horrible, and yet, statistically, any individual you meet is highly unlikely to actually be someone that cheats, steals, kills, etc.
And, usually, the justification for the first two involve the same view of the world that Weiner espouses: That you'd be likely to do it to them, so they're justified in doing it to you. In other words: It's not a crime when it's against a criminal.
The church donation plate is actually a perfect example of this. An extremely significant number of people put into these donations plates when they go to church, but how many people take from it?