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Gaawa_chan posted...

"Sure that random starving homeless dude got shot to hell over the bread he stole, but it's not MY fault that I called the trigger-happy police on his worthless ass." Yes it is. The fact that you all care more about stolen petty goods than you do about the far more costly consequences of trying to penalize people over those petty goods suggests your priorities are wildly out of order. The taxpayer dollars you spend keeping desperate people locked up in cells will ALWAYS be greater than the value of what was taken for their survival.

You all prioritize baby level moral purity over material outcomes, sputtering with outrage over pennies when the fuss kicked up as a result is far more costly and damaging.

Is it more costly and damaging? You're talking about punishments for criminals. To not punish criminals and let them run free is a greater cost.