Re:How to Find Hidden Cameras in Your Airbnb
by TeMPOraL on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @11:19AM
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> Unlafwul in no way implies evil.
Not always, but typically it does, as one usually breaks laws to benefit themselves at the expense of others, either direct or through second-order effects.
> For every reason that AirBnB is "evil" for breaking the law, you could come up with a reason that the law is "evil" for existing in the first place.
Two wrongs don't make a right. Whether or not the laws need changing doesn't justify breaking them (or encouraging people to do so), especially not when that act of disobedience has well-understood and well-documented negative consequences to society at large. It's not like AirBnB (or Uber) are doing this to make the world a better place - they figured out a business model that's essentially burning social trust and cohesion as if it was a fuel.
Not always, but typically it does, as one usually breaks laws to benefit themselves at the expense of others, either direct or through second-order effects.
> For every reason that AirBnB is "evil" for breaking the law, you could come up with a reason that the law is "evil" for existing in the first place.
Two wrongs don't make a right. Whether or not the laws need changing doesn't justify breaking them (or encouraging people to do so), especially not when that act of disobedience has well-understood and well-documented negative consequences to society at large. It's not like AirBnB (or Uber) are doing this to make the world a better place - they figured out a business model that's essentially burning social trust and cohesion as if it was a fuel.