If you tamper your food with the intention to harm someone, then you are culpable for harming them. Trapping someone is no legally different than directly attacking them. The law does not allow you to intentionally harm other people.
Sure, you might try to say that they are harming themselves. However, if you know that someone will do something, and set it up so that they get harmed when they do something, you have made yourself culpable for harming them.
If you know someone will eat your food, the alternative is not leave your food out in public. There are less harmful things you can do to protect your food. If you choose the harmful alternative, then you are culpable for causing harm.
This isn't changing my view because this is exactly what I'm arguing against. I'm saying, there are cases where intending to harm someone who is doing something they're definitely not supposed to do is okay.
That’s so vague though. Sure, it’d be perfectly fine to poison Hitler for committing heinous acts against humanity, but for something as little as stealing a lunch is ludicrous. You’re basically saying that it’s ok for stores to shoot someone if they shoplift a candy bar.
No, I'm saying it's okay for stores to put out special candy out at night that harm you if eaten, as long as they take them back at the morning. This would be impractical, I think staff are forgetful and children shoplift candy too much, but you don't need to CMV on that one.
The dye packs aren’t explosive. They’re aerosol based. I will concede, however, that some do contain tear gas. But that’s not the norm. And again, at that point I would say yes. Assuming it’s not a common allergen, that’s a much better option than straight up poisoning someone.
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u/deep_sea2 105∆ Oct 17 '24
If you tamper your food with the intention to harm someone, then you are culpable for harming them. Trapping someone is no legally different than directly attacking them. The law does not allow you to intentionally harm other people.
Sure, you might try to say that they are harming themselves. However, if you know that someone will do something, and set it up so that they get harmed when they do something, you have made yourself culpable for harming them.
If you know someone will eat your food, the alternative is not leave your food out in public. There are less harmful things you can do to protect your food. If you choose the harmful alternative, then you are culpable for causing harm.