• CorruptBuddha@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    It seems weird to me that you’re trying to create a disconnect when cause and effect is cause and effect.

    I can’t work on my own electrical for my home without getting it inspected. If my house burnt down and harmed someone I could be held responsible. Even without harm I could be liable.

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      11 months ago

      We’re in the comments on an article about a woman being thrown in jail for endangering her fetus, and you’re arguing that because a fetus could turn into a person that’s fine.

      I’m not saying fetuses don’t turn into people, I’m saying that at most you can look at actual damage done once the person actually exists.

      Women aren’t houses, so criminalizing their behavior because of the impact it might have in a person who does not yet exist is not great.

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        11 months ago

        We’re in the comments on an article about a woman being thrown in jail for endangering her fetus, and you’re arguing that because a fetus could turn into a person that’s fine.

        I’m an antinatalist, I just find your arguments bad.

        Women aren’t houses, so criminalizing their behavior because of the impact it might have in a person who does not yet exist is not great.

        Women “not being houses” is irrelevant to the point I made. We criminalize actions all the time when harm isn’t actual, only potential.