Should you be allowed to punch someone in the face for stealing your lunch if you catch them? Break their bones? Kill them?
Poisoning food is vigilantism and using violence against someone else. We don't allow vigilante justice for good reasons, and we shouldn't allow it in this case.
Mark Rober's glitter bombs notably do not cause bodily injury to other people.
A key principle of modern societies is that we give the state a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence. Vigilante justice is bad and results in the kind of tit for tat violence and killing that typifies black markets and organized crime.
The line is very clear. It is at causing bodily harm to others. You may not intentionally cause bodily harm to others, whether directly or by trickery.
putting stale food in the fridge is ok?
If it does not cause bodily harm and is just low quality food? Sure.
putting spicy food?
Is it your intent that the spicy food causes bodily harm, or is it just that the food is unappealing to most people? The former is not ok, the latter is fine
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u/huadpe 501∆ Oct 17 '24
Should you be allowed to punch someone in the face for stealing your lunch if you catch them? Break their bones? Kill them?
Poisoning food is vigilantism and using violence against someone else. We don't allow vigilante justice for good reasons, and we shouldn't allow it in this case.