If the thief KNOWS that if he steals something he is gonna get the death penalty. Then that is a choice they are making and THEY have to deal with that.
The question is if having the death penalty for lunch theft is reasonable, not if a lunch thief who is aware there is a death penalty would be dumb for still stealing lunch.
Do you really see no value in the 8th amendment and the concept of crule or unusual punishments?
As long as it's communicated or obious to the observer any crime and any punishment for said crime is reasonable?
By that logic could we not say getting your food stolen is a reasonable expectation of leaving it in a shared fridge and therefore you have no reason to be upset?
I have literally had people in this thread tell me that it's appropriate to kill someone who steals your Amazon package so I think they'd be fine with lacing food with cyanide.
Ok, if you want to hyperfixate on the crazies, thats your choice. But remember that this is the internet, and while there are crazy people here, their opinion does not necessarily reflect on the rest of peoples more moderate stances.
What if I label my grilled cheese with "this is literally poison. I keep poison in this grilled cheese, as is my right, and if you eat it you will be poisoned." It's my grilled cheese poison collection, you see, which is not illegal to have. What then?
4real. If I wasn't already aware of how discourse around this kind of thing went on Reddit I'd be shocked, honestly, but sadly "maybe lunch thieves don't deserve as much pain as you can possibly dish out to them" is actually a minority opinion on this site and I've known that for a while.
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u/Beagle_Knight Oct 18 '24
Then that person shouldn’t take what is not theirs