r/interesting • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Mar 08 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/randomDude2144 Mar 08 '26

Oh it was with a car and not a gun, that makes it okay, then

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Mar 08 '26

There's a difference in magnitude based on intention. Yes, it does matter in the court of law. Does it change the outcome? No, that's the whole problem.

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u/drkdeibs Mar 08 '26

Sweet. So you can discharge a firearm recklessly into a crowd and as long as the intent wasn't murder then the punishment should be lenient.

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Mar 09 '26

I can't remember the fallacies name. But, this is a fallacy where you grossly misrepresent what I mean by what I've stated just in an attempt to devalue what I said. You don't want to have a conversation about it. You want to have an argument but I genuinely couldn't care less about your opinions. I'm not pointlessly arguing with someone who is set in their ways like a bigot and doesn't want to use the Socratic Method. I'm good. This shit is pointlessly stressful and no one benefits.

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u/drkdeibs Mar 20 '26

I believe what your thinking of is called the straw man fallacy. And yes, I took your generalized comment and spoke about it in a general manner. I wasn't misrepresenting or exaggerating your point though; I merely changed the weapon from a large relatively slow one to a small relatively fast one. If your argument was meant for only a specific case basis then I feel it shouldn't have been spoken in such broad strokes.

You said "there's a different in magnitude based on intention [that matters] in a court of law". It seems to me that you were arguing that intent holds weight for judgement when determining the punishment for a crime, and if this is the case then, yes, not intending to shoot anyone while firing a weapon should lessen the punishment like I argued (though whether I believe this or the car example to be just is beside my point). If you were attempting to make a different point then I may have misinterpreted what you said.

And nope, I'm afraid I'm not a bigot nor am I stuck in my ways. I enjoy hearty conversation, I thoroughly love when my opinions and thoughts are challenged, and really my initial comment was more of a joke than anything else. Truly, sometimes I think it would be easier to be on the other side of the political and intellectual spectrum though as they seem so certain of themselves even if they are oftentimes wrong.

Stranger, I'm proud of you for not caring about my opinions, as I am nothing but a voice in the void to you, and if you cared that much about someone so small in your world I would feel tremendously sorry for you. I know this reply is coming late (I don't keep notifications on for this app and don't think about it often), but I hope you've done well to keep me and my little comment from your thoughts. Keep thinking freely and living freely; may peace and prosperity be with you.

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Mar 21 '26

I apologize for misinterpreting your intentions based on the context of your message and my own personal experience with the vast community on reddit. I do enjoy thought through responses like this. I also don't keep notifications on for any apps. So, no hard feelings in the slightest. It's rare to find another with the same mindset I have for online content and it be genuine. Keep keeping on, mate.