• Windex007@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I get it, but it has to be obvious how quickly this logic can spiral, though.

    If I come around a corner and find you putting the boots to someone begging you to stop, you’re getting smoked by the biggest thing I can find. I don’t know the context. Violence to stop violence is measured.

    Being wronged isn’t a carte blanche. As soon as you introduce violence, suddenly violence actually becomes the measured response against YOU.

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      15 hours ago

      Being wronged isn’t a carte blanche. As soon as you introduce violence, suddenly violence actually becomes the measured response against YOU.

      am i supposed to ask the robber nicely to give me my stuff back?

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        14 hours ago

        I mean, it’s a reasonable place to start at the very least?

        We’re talking about pickpockets, right?

        Someone tried to pickpocket me in Europe on the train. I blocked the door and, despite having no common language, I left them know I was aware they had taken my stuff. I’m pretty sure they understood it was my intention to get it back and that was going to be a hassle for everyone.

        They just handed it back and left.

        Should I have just started swinging?

        • isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de
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          12 hours ago

          They just handed it back and left.

          you’ve just gotten lucky, most of the times they play dumb and act as if they did nothing, and even public shaming won’t do anything