Who specifically are they killing? Is it during a war where they are on one side and you are on the other? Are you on the same side? So many other things need to be answered.

Can we just skip ahead to the condescending conclusion?

'Since the last one pretty much exposed a mound of hypocrisy"

That is what happens when you post a lot in a single thread

''Since the last one pretty much exposed a mound of hypocrisy"

*cough* confirmationbias.jpeg *cough*

D) I ask to join them.

If the poison gets out to the public it’s not particularly private, is it?

If they’re putting poison into MY food, then they’re the ones tampering with private property, eh?

If, however, they’re using the poison to defend against home invaders, I’ll just laugh at them and tell them they should’ve gotten guns.

If they make it to sell, and everyone they sell it to uses it for rats, I’ll simply laugh at you for thinking this was a good analogy to gun crime.

Generally, governments have the monopoly on the legitimate use of force. Vigilante justice is often not justice at all, regardless of how noble superhero movies make it look.

That's only one element of the question, however. Obviously, non-violent means to resolve the issue should be exhausted first. Asking them to stop, with legal backing (ie. suing) is generally the first step.

"Since the last one pretty much exposed a mound of hypocrisy it's time for another one"
Finally something we agree on ;)

Does it matter HBbuc? It's a group of civilians, not part of a war

StevenC not a single person was willing to stand for that whole "life begins at conception" bullsjit. Not one

@peregrine

So, you sue Al Qaeda or whoever. While your lawsuit takes years to proceed, They decline to stop and kill a lot of people

Ogion, do you have reading deficiencies? Most people still said life begins at conception. wtf lol. Take trolling lessons from brainbomb.

yes he does.

He translates everything into exactly what he wants to hear

If it is not during war time, I would alert the local authorities and leave it at that.

I suspect Ogion is thinking "I can't wait to reveal that this is about climate change and oil fields and will blow them away. Hehehe I'm so clever"

Life begins before conception tbh.

Life begins at making out.

No, they said they'd save the kid.

Well, now that you raise it, why would it matter whether it is a terrorist group proposing to poison a water supply, a corporation proposing to poison the water supply, or a government entity proposing to poison the water supply? I'd also add governments engaged in genocide. What role and duties do individuals have to take action against ethnic cleasoning campaigns?

Certainly, the corporations rendering the planet unlivable fall within this category also. Good point.

Oh dear, he was going for an even WORSE analogy than I assumed.

@Ogion
Context is important. You can't just add whatever you want whenever you want to your hypothetical scenario. Either you include the specifics in your OP, or take people's assumptions based on the limited information you gave at face value. Moving the bar halfway through makes your réfutations of people's responses meaningless.

Saying you'd save the kid does not mean life doesn't start at conception. Not only did you fail logic class, you also failed reading comprehension. You're the reason universities are being looked down upon right now.

What, because people with only rudimentary grasp of reason don't like being shown up? Truth hurts, Vicki


The fact is it shows that no one values any embryo at 1/1000 a person, which is to say, we aren't dealing with a person. This idea that "life" begins at conception is silly. The eggs and sperm are alive too so clearly it doesn't "begin" with conception if they're already alive.

The point is that equating an embryo to a person is stupid


@peregrime falcon

Is it important? If that's your assertion, please explain why. Why is having people killed by a terrorist group to be treated differently than groups of inncocent people killed by a government or by a corporation? That's your assertion. Prove it up!

Since the last one pretty much exposed a mound of hypocrisy? No it didn't it exposed how weak the question was.

I see this question is of the same genre.

I discover the poison they are making will kill (painlessly) anyone who eats meat. I am a vegan and believe that meat eaters are destroying the planet
I join them and provide them with a distribution network so that the poison gets to more people.
100 years later the story of the group an I is taught in primary schools and we are revered as heroes.

Is this leading to let's bomb Iraq?

Or (E) Purchase facility & all patents & intellectual property rights. Then properly exploit & monetise to maximise return on investment. MAGA.

Can we invest in Iraq's nuclear weapons program? Could be worth a bit in a couple of years.

F) Do nothing because you would never even go outside to see it in the first place instead opting to spend your life living in your parents basement and the comforts of your warm bed

^ Not from personal experience

Governments will only waste taxpayers money in some innefecient Socialist toxic do gooder handout of poisons to undeserving poor. The private sector has an undeniable proven track record for handling, storing and using poisons in a socially irresponsible ways that maximise profits and return on investment. MAGA.

Why not invest in Russia's nuclear power & weapons programs ? ...after all its uranium from the USA that'll be being used, sold to them Russkis by that bloated transvestite strumpettrump disguised in a pants suit & blonde wig. Make America Gay Again.

“Can we invest in Iraq's nuclear weapons program? Could be worth a bit in a couple of years.”

Better idea, after Khamenei kicks the bucket, we end the JCPOA to invest in Iran’s nuclear program.

MM just won the thread I think

Maybe Trump is a secretly "unorthodox" chap. Like J. Edgar Hoover was. Look at that hairdo of Trump's, that's not a real old school heterosexual huntin' fishin' shootin' blokes hair style, it's some pompadour like affectation more suited to an aging "Queen"... Given Trump's bloated physique it's got to have been some time since he has had a direct line of sight on his own membrum virilis. Maybe "MAGA" contains secret coded messages, Make America Gay Always. Make America Green Again.