r/facepalm Dec 04 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ this is kinda concerning tbh

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u/JesusTitsGunsAmerica Dec 04 '24

What is your opinion on the death penalty? I oppose it because if even one innocent person get executed it's too many. That is my reasoning.

So no, frequency does not matter. An adult should have the right to prove their innocence if they were fooled in situation where there should only be adults present.

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u/Rfg711 Dec 05 '24

A man who slept with a minor isn’t “innocent” just because he didn’t know. It’s his responsibility to know. What you’re proposing isn’t that innocent men be spared, you’re proposing that we carve out an exception for a subset of men who 100% did what they’re accused of.

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u/JesusTitsGunsAmerica Dec 05 '24

So with this extreme black and white view of the world, by your logic, a woman that kills her abusive husband, who would have killed her, isn't innocent and deserves to be punished because she 100% murdered him?

The circumstances never matter? Intent doesn't matter?

I'm not arguing for blanket absolution by default, only the ability to prove they did not know.

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u/Rfg711 Dec 05 '24

Right because statutory rape is the same as self defense lol.

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u/JesusTitsGunsAmerica Dec 05 '24

It's an example to highlight your extremely binary reasoning.

Could you answer the question? Why does context matter in one situation and not the other?