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[–] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My grandma used to work at a Catholic charity to distribute food for people without resources.

There were a few Muslims who requested food from there, and they always complained that the meat wasn't halal. Their very Catholic response was that they treated everyone the same, and weren't going to change the food they offered just because some Muslims were complaining.

Then again, quite very Catholicly, they didn't offer any meat during Lent to anyone.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you are getting help from someone you shouldn't complain about their preferences.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

In my country they don't pay property taxes, and often use charity as a justification. So it's debatable if their help with strings attached is a net positive.

Give me your wallet and I'll buy you an acceptable dinner with it.

[–] johnlobo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

nah, this is how vegan treat others

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] force@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

car-centric infrastructure destroys cities and residential areas, you're stupid if you think r/fuckcars is relevant to this meme. most people on r/fuckcars have a car

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/uggv41/on_deflating_tires/

Many of them believe they should deflate the tires of people they consider "car heads". The theme here is forcing others to live how you want them to based on your personal values rather than letting people be.

Seems pretty relevant to me

[–] force@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Generally when tires are deflated it's people who are in ultra expensive and dangerous SUVs which are basically just killing machines and nothing else. But people deflating tires is a very small amount in the community regardless, although I could see people deflating the tires of those who endanger others very realistic.

Yank tanks (unreasonably gigantic and dangerous SUVs which are almost always American, named so because other countries have started being infected by them and now the rest of the world is mad at us) are just bad. Owning one is bad, using one is especially bad, they only exist to be the bigger vehicle so they can "win" car crashes and crush pedestrians like a tank (and because they cna bypass emissions regulations). It isn't a matter of "I want to live this way so you have to live this way", it's "you're endangering the lives of everyone around you beyond a tolerable amount". So no, it's not relevant at all.

Honestly your argument kind of sounds like someone against no-smoking zones because "let people smoke, just because you don't want to doesn't mean they can't". Second hand smoke endangers the health of a lot of people around you, it has nothing to do with other peoples' not wanting to smoke – same goes with SUVs, they're one of the largest causes of death that isn't a chronic health problem, they are a danger. If smoking at, say, a middle school were legal, and someone did it with kids around, I'd have no issue with stealing their smokes and chucking them into a trash can, even if what they were doing wasn't illegal it's still immoral. Even if it caused them serious issues and withdrawal and stuff, what they're doing endangers others and I'm fine if someone takes it into their own hands to put a stop to it. You can apply that same logic to yank tanks.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Funny you justify these actions on this post by arguing morality.

To a religious person, the threat of creating an immoral society is worse then say smoking or polluting. The soul is eternal and corruption would result in greater then a lifetime of consequence whereas your examples do not.

Point I'm arguing isn't to say one is right or wring but can you understand your arguing from the same concern as the person in the meme above.

[–] force@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Religious beliefs aren't real, they're delusions, and being gay or some other random "sin" isn't at all comparable to what I'm speaking of. Cars are the #1 cause of death in the US other than health complications, most of those SUVs, they are demonstratably extremely harmful to society even if you don't consider how their dominance destroys our infrastructure design, increases stress, and how they pollute the Earth a ton.

It's silly to cater to people who believe in Christianity or something similar when we have actual problems that we have proven solutions for, like getting rid of car-dependent infrastructure. Compared to say, being gay or uttering the words "oh my God", which according to Christian belief are equally as bad as murder, slavery, and rape or even worse than it on the sin scale. If a religion believes in a hell, especially when believing in an omniscient and omnipotent future-seeing God, it's worth immediately disregarding everything from.

Even entertaining the idea that the Christian ideas of morality have any basis in reality, especially putting it on the same level as actual science, is unbelievable.