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KentuckyWoman

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17. People get ethics and legality mixed up.

Sun Jan 5, 2025, 01:50 PM

Jan 2025

I remember when Katrina came and people in the zone were picking the Walmart shelves empty. Walmart told the local police just let them take it. Food and medical supplies went first. At some point I saw a pic of someone floating a TV out of Walmart. I'm guessing to be pawned or traded.

A flat screen is not food and theft is "unethical", but I am not going to run out front and condemn someone taking anything from a flooded Walmart that might help them survive today or next month or even next year.

Ethics gets into murky territory sometimes.

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Just saw a GREAT question about ethics [View all] True Dough Jan 2025 OP

It is an interesting question bottomofthehill Jan 2025 #1

Thus, we have governments. Which are really just us banding together for the common good paleotn Jan 2025 #4

Ah the beloved Ronald Regan welfare queen bottomofthehill Jan 2025 #6

Totally agree. The sign of a civilized, functional society. paleotn Jan 2025 #10

Justice? CuriousCelt Jan 2025 #8

It is not the two-tiered system we have these days, I can tell you that. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jan 2025 #11

Welcome to DU! KS Toronado Jan 2025 #13

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #19

And yet they have the opposite view on violence malaise Jan 2025 #2

The best description of ethics odins folly Jan 2025 #3

Hear hear! yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #16

OTOH the people who have the bread are probably not "hoarding" it. thesquanderer Jan 2025 #5

Is it ethical to assume anyone who has bread is hoarding it? Patton French Jan 2025 #7

Let's not forget who gets to define "hoard", and how. yagotme Jan 2025 #9

Depends on how much bread. paleotn Jan 2025 #12

I agree 100% that hoarding can be destructive, depending on the circumstances. Patton French Jan 2025 #15

Absolutely unethical if you support a political system that is unable to provide homes for everyone. hunter Jan 2025 #20

Well said Buzz cook Jan 2025 #14

People get ethics and legality mixed up. KentuckyWoman Jan 2025 #17

An old French Socialist joke. Ping Tung Jan 2025 #18

Interesting concept odins folly Jan 2025 #21

Yep. And this. "The comfort of the rich is dependent on an ample suppy of the poor." Voltaire. Ping Tung Jan 2025 #22