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Originally Posted by ejames209
Laws against crime only serve to punish those who are committing crimes out of desperation, be it poverty or other reason (except sex crimes). You are also providing fodder for police brutality (without illegality, you wouldn't have cops responding to people with gunfire, no brainer there) and the mass incarceration of mostly minorities. People should just be able to do what they like and face whatever comes of it.
Sorry if this should be moved to a containment thread, wasn't sure!
So if sex crimes don't count then surely
all crime shouldn't be legal?
What if a dude went around raping sex criminals in order to punish them for their sex crimes for example? Would that be an exception? Or what if an evil terrorist knew where a bomb was but refused to tell you unless you raped him right up the back door? And if you didn't do it then a load of kids or nuns or orphan kids and nuns holding a cutest puppy contest would be blown up? And you could have prevented it by giving the terrorist a sound bumming?
Also what about some forms of serial killing? Let's say someone runs a lodging house but then offs pensioners staying there in order to get their social security, or a black widow killer from an impoverished background who marries then murders various rich husbands, would that fall under desperation and poverty? Or what if some guy was going around like the Punisher killing Mafiosi and um noisy chavs? Would they be exceptions like the guy raping rapists?
I mean what you say
sounds sane and reasonable until you examine the thoughtful subtleties and nuances I just outlined in a non rambling believable manner. Then it becomes a bit more complex is all.
Also if all crime was legal couldn't others declare themselves police and kidnap and imprison those they felt were dangerous to society? You gotta look at the intricacies is all.