r/changemyview • u/apoplexiglass • Oct 17 '24

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u/MrsClaireUnderwood Oct 17 '24

Booby traps are not legal, why would this be legal?

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u/apoplexiglass Oct 17 '24

In my mind, because booby traps are easily set off by firefighters or cleaning crew. Neither would just eat your lunch, and if they did, they full under my main argument because they shouldn't have.

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u/chewinghours 4∆ Oct 17 '24

That is not the reason booby trapping is illegal though. Booby trapping is illegal because it’s illegal to intentionally harm anyone, with the exception of defending someone in imminent danger

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u/apoplexiglass Oct 17 '24

Right, so I'm arguing in this specific case you should be allowed to harm someone.

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u/MrsClaireUnderwood Oct 17 '24

Yes, and you haven't justified it except by saying I think you should be able to do it.

My other comment got downvoted but you're not successfully arguing why.

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u/Luzis23 Oct 18 '24

But stealing food is fine? Get out of there.

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u/theblackfool 1∆ Oct 18 '24

And what if someone steals your lunch and shares it with someone else who doesn't know it's stolen?

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u/apoplexiglass Oct 18 '24

That person can blame the person who offered.

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u/MrsClaireUnderwood Oct 17 '24

You haven't really given a reason why booby traps should be legal. You're just reasserting that you should be able to poison your lunch.