Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o...
by praxeologist on Thursday October 03, 2013 @12:11AM
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You think the most moral outcome is one person who threatens a thousand with years of caging getting $300K? Are there any situations where you don't think one should be rewarded for making massive threats?...
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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o...
by darkarmani on Thursday October 03, 2013 @11:42AM
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It's more moral than killing someone over a threat based on the pure conjecture that carrying out the threat will result in a punishment by a 3rd party.
Isn't the real threat the 3rd party that would be doing the jailing? Why is freely communicating what some people did a grounds for murder? He's not the one that is doing the locking people up -- it just so happens to be more convenient to murder him then to take on the justice system. Convenience does not make it the moral course of action.