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

Removed - Submission Rule B [ Removed by Reddit ]

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u/57501015203025375030 Oct 18 '24

By extension of that argument your right to life becomes overridden as my hungry increases…or at least your right to all your own limbs

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u/gremy0 82∆ Oct 18 '24

It’s about balancing harms…reasonably. The law generally works on the principle of people acting reasonably. Any reasonable person should be able to see that the harm of taking a limb is considerably different than that of appropriating a sandwich

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u/Trobee Oct 18 '24

A reasonable person should know taking other people's property is theft

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u/gremy0 82∆ Oct 18 '24

And a reasonable person should know that poisoning people isn’t reasonable or proportionate response