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Originally Posted by Rococo
This is just a slightly elaborate version of the trolley problem.
Except the Trolly problem doesn't actually occur. This just did a few days ago. And in the trolly problem no one is breaking the law. The people who are making fun of the problem are probably doing it either because I choose to put numbers on it, which bugs them, or more likely because they want to distract from the fact that they don't want to try to defend protesters who know very well that there is a chance their illegal action could actually cause death.
(Notice that I didn't specify the protester's cause. The assistants to Chris Christie (who in that case were analogous to protesters) deserved more jail time than the Golden gate Bridge protesters do.)