This is a genuine question.

I have a hard time with this. My righteous side wants him to face an appropriate sentence, but my pessimistic side thinks this might have set a great example for CEOs to always maintain a level of humanity or face unforseen consequences.

P.S. this topic is highly controversial and I want actual opinions so let’s be civil.

And if you’re a mod, delete this if the post is inappropriate or if it gets too heated.

  • Dave field@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    For the social agreement society has, it’s irrelevant if you think this person is a hero or a villain, they need to be tried by a jury of their peers in a court of law.

    If they are not, then the social agreement that we don’t go around murdering people, no matter the intent changes and life becomes very difficult.

    • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      16 days ago

      That social agreement had been broken long ago by the elites like the one recently targeted. It’s funny that only now when someone finally responds in kind that it is suddenly so important.

      • Radioactive Butthole@reddthat.comEnglish
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        16 days ago

        Don’t call them that. They’re just assholes with too much money.

        I call them the billionaire class. It has the added bonus that it makes it painfully obvious to suburbanites that they aren’t part of the club.

      • Dave field@lemmy.world
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        16 days ago

        So the answer seems to be, to take up arms and go murder people our own personal ethics deem should be shot?

        What if that’s you? What if someone didn’t agree with your actions and what they had read online, walked up and shot you dead, is that ok?

        I don’t know your politics (and don’t really care) what if that guy had not missed, and shot Trump? That ok because trump is a cheat, a felon and will destroy a country to many people, he has destroyed lives, murdered people (via the US Military as commander and chief). He also empowers people like the CEO who got shot. There are a lot of people who think that guy should not be sent to prison had he not missed.

        I’m not disagreeing, the guy who was CEO of a company murdering people… 100% agree…

        The actions however warrant good discussion on where is the line?

        However there has to be some sort of line which is social not personal or we may as just as well start the purge…

        • FreakinSteve@lemmy.world
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          16 days ago

          You failed miserably here with the phrase “our own personal ethics”. That is the classic MAGA tactic of strawmanning the debate by forcing something on us we did not say. It was THE SOCIAL CONTRACT. That isnt one person’s own ethics; it’s EVERYONE’S.