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Many rulers have made drug dealing punishable by death based on "slippery slope murder". If the logic of that was applied to everything, what's the most peculiar possible implication you can think of? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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You could call this a sequel to my last question, but I was genuinely curious. Question inspired by someone I know joking about being arrested for selling donuts to someone who died as a result because they didn't need junk food.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 7 months ago

Car dealers kill more people than meth.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

Driving offenses punishable by life in prison.

Doing some asshole or idiot move on the road angers other drivers. Other drivers experience road rage and road aggression. This results in collisions or fights that can lead to death.

Murder.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Parents.

Every person who ever participated in the conception and eventual birth of a human is also responsible for their eventual death.

If nobody is born, then nobody dies. Pretty obvious crime here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Almost the same logic that have the Dark Judges: every crime is committed by living persons hence live itself is a crime.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In a nice world, it'd be applied to politicians and corporations who, bit by bit, make daily life so hostile that people either turn to crime or starve.

But my first thought was giving birth should count as negligible homicide since 100% of people who are born die.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

i definitely know some people who were born but haven't died

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yet☝️🤓

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

only like 92% of people who were born have died

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Selling junk food

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What would stealing junk food be in that situation, then ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Suicide?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Oil and gas companies 💀