• Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    8か月前

    there are a lot of earnest comments in this thread about the practical horror of collective punishment being a valid option that should be considered.

    I’m on the other side of the fence.

    Blind collective punishment is not a “net positive”.

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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      8か月前

      Yeah I was just drawing a funny connection between the Cthulhu comic and a show about that exact moral question. I do not sincerely endorse genocide or the Dexter philosophy.

    • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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      8か月前

      Let’s just do the ethical thing and only exterminate the humans who drive a car or eat meat. That should handily dismiss any concerns about collective punishment, since all the innocent humans get to live.

      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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        8か月前

        makes perfect sense, since people of every age and culture get to choose the food and transportation available to them.

        you should probably throw in people that ride buses/trains that aren’t filled to capacity.

        “…That should handily dismiss any concerns about collective punishment…”

        condemning two groups for collective punishment is not much of a solution to collective punishment, but I don’t see why you couldn’t bring it up with one of the eldritch gods and see what they think.