You’re wrong.
No, al humans should be treated with dignity always. We should do all in our power to stop and restraint those causing or intending to cause harm to others. But no crime justifies cruelty or indignity.
Rhoeri@lemmy.world 7 months ago
dustyData@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Such deep argument, much ethics.
Rhoeri@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I don’t waste time in futile arguments. I just call them as I see them.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Cleaely you’ve ascended to a higher plane of argument
dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Nah uh
InformalTrifle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Are you serious? There’s a huge number of humans that deserve no dignity. Terrorists and paedophiles spring to mind but there are many many more.
dustyData@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yes, even terrorist and pedophiles deserve a minimum of human dignity. It’s not about their morals. It’s about mine and our collective societal moral principles. To deny another human being dignity, no matter how awful their actions might’ve been, says nothing about the other person’s character, but speaks volumes about the person advocating indignity towards others.
InformalTrifle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ok, then I have very different morals and character to you
dustyData@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I concur.
dustyData@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Think about this. The racist police officers who killed George Floyd had the exact same mindset that you do. They thought that they could treat him as less than human because he was a criminal. Fox news, yes, the MAGA channel, ran with a story that tried to justify his murder because he was a suspected criminal. How do you feel sharing moral values with them?
InformalTrifle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s completely misrepresenting what I said. Don’t put words in my mouth. Suspected of a crime, then it should be proven beyond doubt and then punished. Guilty of bombing people, abusing kids? Don’t deserve any dignity in my opinion
mriormro@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Even the worst people imaginable are still people. They think, they feel, they experience, they are sentient.
The moment you begin to dehumanize people is the moment you’ve slipped past the point and when you become capable of truly horrific things.
dustyData@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Oh, OK. A bunch of prison deputies would be so happy to hear that you support their sexual abuse of immates.
ultranaut@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I agree there are people undeserving, but that doesn’t change the fact that there are inalienable rights inherent to all people. If the state is going to legitimately enforce the law it must respect those rights while doing so.
Azzu@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I guess then you start messing with the definition of dignity. I don’t think it’s very dignified to be restrained for one’s fucked up views.
dustyData@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I know this is radical to you, but even criminals retain rights, even if they’re imprisoned for their crimes. Even due process and right to legal defense is about preserving human dignity for all.
Azzu@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Wow yes, this is so radical! Thanks for exposing me to this thought, I thought everyone taken in by the police is just thrown into a deep pit, without food, sanitation or anything really, and just forgotten about.
I was talking about if I think of dignity, being taken in by law enforcement because my beliefs were literally so stupid as to make me dangerous to the general public if I was allowed to spout them any further, that would be very very far away from any dignity.
Obviously I was not talking about people not being allowed basic human necesseties or due process or anything like that.
andrewta@lemmy.world 7 months ago
He doesn’t mean literally restrain line with chains or something. He means figuratively restrain
Azzu@lemm.ee 7 months ago
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