jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-22 years agoYou’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing itwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square201linkfedilinkarrow-up1907arrow-down150file-text
arrow-up1857arrow-down1external-linkYou’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing itwww.vox.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-22 years agomessage-square201linkfedilinkfile-text
Not really sure what to put here…I usually put relevant excerpts, but that got this post deleted for doing that
minus-squareSn0ggnlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·2 years agoSo freeing livestock is a crime in your eyes?
minus-squareImFresh3x@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down7·2 years agoMy eyes don’t define crime. That’s not how it works. The law defines it. And the court looks at the law. I’m not a child so I understand this.
minus-squareLongpork_afficianado@lemmy.nzcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 years agoDo you consider Harriet Tubman a criminal too?
minus-squareLongpork_afficianado@lemmy.nzcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoSo why do we need to differentiate between “arrested for exposing abuse” and “arrested for breaking unjust laws in the process of exposing abuse”?
minus-squareHalosheep@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·2 years agoEthically no, legally yes? That’s sort of just how laws work. Legal doesn’t mean good.
So freeing livestock is a crime in your eyes?
My eyes don’t define crime. That’s not how it works. The law defines it. And the court looks at the law. I’m not a child so I understand this.
Do you consider Harriet Tubman a criminal too?
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So why do we need to differentiate between “arrested for exposing abuse” and “arrested for breaking unjust laws in the process of exposing abuse”?
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Ethically no, legally yes?
That’s sort of just how laws work. Legal doesn’t mean good.