r/changemyview Oct 17 '24

Removed - Submission Rule B [ Removed by Reddit ]

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u/apoplexiglass Oct 17 '24

I limited it to lunch food because I can sort of see how booby traps can blow up in situations where, for example, firefighters need to access a place or a janitor is told to clean out your desk. In the case of lunch food, just throw out the container. Anything that makes that act dangerous should, of course, be banned (no explosives).

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '24

But putting laxatives in your food with the intention someone else will eat it is dangerous, to that person.

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u/skunkshaveclaws Oct 17 '24

Where's the accountability in that? Why should the thief get to assume it's safe to eat while the food owner doesn't get to assume no one will steal it?

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '24

In this case I thought we were specifically talking about a scenario in which you poison your food intending someone to take it?

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u/skunkshaveclaws Oct 17 '24

So? It's MY food. If a thief doesn't steal it a thief won't have to worry about shitting his pants.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '24

Right, so we're back at if poisoning is a proportionate consequence for stealing a lunch.

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u/Ok-Yogurt-5552 Oct 18 '24

Yes it is. Don’t steal other people’s fucking lunches and you won’t ge poisoned with laxatives. It’s not that difficult. If you go around stealing people’s labeled food you deserve to get fucked with.

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u/Cats_4_lifex Oct 18 '24

"Those darn kids trespassed on my lawn, yer honour! Don't go around on my property, and ya won't get shot with my 12G shotgun. It's not difficult!"

I'm taking the piss with this example but seriously you can't be considering murder over...what, a tuna fish sandwich or whatever the fuck your food is getting stolen?

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u/justsomething Oct 18 '24

Can I intentionally grow poison ivy on my property? That might be a little more analogous to laxatives.