By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Spanish environmental activists spray-painted a superyacht moored in Ibiza on Sunday. Activists from the environmental group Futuro Vegetal posted a video showing them standing in front of the superyacht named Kaos, holding a banner that says: “You Consume Others Suffer.” The activists then sprayed the vessel with red and
That’s definitely not more ethical and that suggestion is abhorrent by any ethical framework. Murder is wrong except in self defense. If you start justifying murder based on political actions, you enable it in response and that typically leads to actual fascism.
When somebody has a knife at your throat? What about people planning to put a knife to your throat? What about people creating plans to dump toxic waste into your neighborhood?
At some point a line must be drawn. So why shouldn’t that line include the rich who dump astronomical loads of emissions, poisoning our air and water, and otherwise killing the planet?
There isn’t calls to eat the rich simply because of a difference in political opinion. There is a lot more to it than that.
You unfortunately justify violence against yourself in that case because you escalated. All of the examples you mentioned are hypotheticals and not real or part of this context. Additionally, if it is publicly known, it is also within the rules of society and I’m very against punishment without a trial by peers. You are no better than the rural folks around Salem distrusting the rich witches in the town who controlled their distribution, unironically.
In addition to the above, there is also the fact that roughly 8 million people a year are dying from climate change. Climate change that is heavily driven by billionaires. What about the self defense of those 8 million that die every year?
Additionally, if it is publicly known, it is also within the rules of society
This statement has some very “Let them eat cake” energy.
You are no better than the rural folks around Salem distrusting the rich witches in the town who controlled their distribution, unironically.
I haven’t murdered anyone. Nor have I based any of my argument on something false. So this is not true.
True.
If you’re going to risk being jailed, might as well go out killing a CEO.
That’s definitely not more ethical and that suggestion is abhorrent by any ethical framework. Murder is wrong except in self defense. If you start justifying murder based on political actions, you enable it in response and that typically leads to actual fascism.
What counts as self defense then?
When somebody has a knife at your throat? What about people planning to put a knife to your throat? What about people creating plans to dump toxic waste into your neighborhood?
At some point a line must be drawn. So why shouldn’t that line include the rich who dump astronomical loads of emissions, poisoning our air and water, and otherwise killing the planet?
There isn’t calls to eat the rich simply because of a difference in political opinion. There is a lot more to it than that.
You unfortunately justify violence against yourself in that case because you escalated. All of the examples you mentioned are hypotheticals and not real or part of this context. Additionally, if it is publicly known, it is also within the rules of society and I’m very against punishment without a trial by peers. You are no better than the rural folks around Salem distrusting the rich witches in the town who controlled their distribution, unironically.
The first 3 are, the last one is not.
https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/carbon-billionaires-the-investment-emissions-of-the-worlds-richest-people-621446/
In addition to the above, there is also the fact that roughly 8 million people a year are dying from climate change. Climate change that is heavily driven by billionaires. What about the self defense of those 8 million that die every year?
This statement has some very “Let them eat cake” energy.
I haven’t murdered anyone. Nor have I based any of my argument on something false. So this is not true.