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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's not bloodthirsty nor absolutist.

If a tram sees a car negligently parked on the tracks, it should plow through it. The tram operator isn't going to see if there's a baby inside. Whoever parked the car on the tracks and left the baby inside is responsible for their own negligence, and also a psychopath.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world -2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Explain why the baby deserves to die because of their negligent parent.

Regardless of who we assign blame to, the important part is that if a train flips a car off its tracks, a baby in that car could die. So if we prioritize baby non-death, we can say that the train shouldnt be violently flipping cars off its tracks

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't say they deserve to die. I only said their death is the parent's responsibility for leaving them in a car parked on the tracks.

If a parent leaves a baby in the woods, no one would be arguing about "maybe bears shouldn't eat babies!" They would be saying "Maybe you shouldn't leave your baby unattended in the woods!"

Leave a baby in the woods, it dies. Leave a baby on the train tracks, it dies. In both cases, it's the negligent parent's fault. Not the bear's or the train's.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Your concept of right and wrong is clearly detached from reality

[–] BiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I like this "the street car operator will make a baby die if they have to push a blocking car out of the way" strawman you have here

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 hour ago

I find your insistence on excusing the irresponsible parent's neglectful behavior to be objectionable.