Hello! So two things:

  1. I would like to have a discussion about the UHC CEO killing and if it is at all any different than the ~45 murders a day in the USA…(other than the obvious “he was rich” one). -Typical Christmas family get together brought this up as a topic and was curious about the different perspectives. Argument made by others was “this sets a bad precedent”, and the response was “how is this any different than someone getting murdered for literally any reason”. Hate, lust, money, your car…whatever the motivation, how is this any different?

  2. Is there a better location to post said discussion topic?

I mostly lurk Lemmy, so not really sure how to find the correct communities for said topic.

Thanks!

  • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
    144·
    1 day ago

    It’s very much in the “cool motive, still murder” category. I’m not living in the US but I heard the healthcare horror stories and I can relate to someone just snapping. He who sows wind, reaps the whirlwind.

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      131·
      1 day ago

      Its more in the catagory of “killing the murderer of my child”, but replace child with millions of US residents who couldn’t afford treatments due to arbitrary denial of coverage

      It may be murder, but this then brings the question: “Should a jury be allowed to be instructed to, not only being the judge of facts, but also the judge of law?” (aka: should a jury receive the instruction that they are allowed to acquit even if they technically committed a crime, but the jury feels the law should not be applied in this circumstance? They are technically always able to to that via Jury Nullification, but they never are allowed to receive that instruction that they are allowed to.)