This is a genuine question.

I have a hard time with this. My righteous side wants him to face an appropriate sentence, but my pessimistic side thinks this might have set a great example for CEOs to always maintain a level of humanity or face unforseen consequences.

P.S. this topic is highly controversial and I want actual opinions so let’s be civil.

And if you’re a mod, delete this if the post is inappropriate or if it gets too heated.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    19 days ago

    Yes, of course

    I don’t want to live in a world of vigilantes, we don’t want Batman, we don’t want to need batman either

    So having said that, CEO’s should also be jailed for deaths they cause. If you cause a dozen deaths through purposeful decisions, you usually wouid get the chair so for this particular CEO would need a LOT of chairs to kill him a thousand times.

    It’s time to stop treating killings by man as a heavy crime and killings by a company as a misdemeanor

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      19 days ago

      Vigilante Justice in this case seems a lot better than police justice. How many people do cops murder in cold blood each year?

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        19 days ago

        Teo wrongs don’t make a right. Fix the CEO issue, fix the police officer issue. Vigilantism is not the solution.

        I get it, and this guy certainly deserved what came for him, but it’s not right, it’s not the solution. I don’t want to love in a world where we just start vendettas ourselves

        I’m more a star trek (classic) guy than a bat man guy, so to speak

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          It’s so confusing that to me how you can be pro-corporate and -police reform, yet against vigilantism. Were you paying attention the last 4 years?

          We had a broad based popular movement for police reform resulting in a mass popular uprising. People went so far as large scale property destruction in the name of reforming the police. A large majority of the population supported the movement at one point. And what did all that nonviolent effort get us? Not a speck of police reform to be found anywhere in this country.

          Saying you want police reform through nonviolent means is a utopian vision, just like star trek. Come back to reality, read some history, the only way to reform these entrenched systems of power is through violence.

      • annHowe@lemmy.zip
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        How many people do cops murder in cold blood each year?

        A lot.

        How many billionaires have cops ever murdered in cold blood?

        None.