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minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 days agoI couldn’t. Not just because it’s ICE, but because if I didn’t manage to save him I know I’d be charged with murder.
minus-squareScubus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down4·2 days agoSaving him direcrly harms his victims. By saving him you become culpable.
minus-squarexeekei@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoIndirectly* We’ve lost “literally” already.
minus-squareMr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·2 days agoI mean even from a purely transactional perspective, they did the best thing they could have done in that moment. If they let him die, a brownshirt might have taken out their frustration on them. Whereas, by saving his life, they got better treatment, convinced a few brownshirts of the value of humanity, and a PR win for the anti-ICE coalition.
minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoYou’re not wrong. I’m only saying what my personal thought would have been.
I couldn’t. Not just because it’s ICE, but because if I didn’t manage to save him I know I’d be charged with murder.
Saving him direcrly harms his victims. By saving him you become culpable.
Indirectly*
We’ve lost “literally” already.
I mean even from a purely transactional perspective, they did the best thing they could have done in that moment.
If they let him die, a brownshirt might have taken out their frustration on them.
Whereas, by saving his life, they got better treatment, convinced a few brownshirts of the value of humanity, and a PR win for the anti-ICE coalition.
You’re not wrong. I’m only saying what my personal thought would have been.