PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agoWhat's your most cynical opinion about the world?message-squaremessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down13
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your most cynical opinion about the world?PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agomessage-square63linkfedilink
minus-squaresping@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours ago Less bad is good, right? Is it? If a serial rapist goes from 10 rapes a month to 5, have they done a good thing? (and obviously, driving a car is not comparable to rape - just illustrating that less of a bad thing is not a good thing)
minus-squareNemo's public admirer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoLess bad is good there too And as you said, not a good comparison. Pollution going beyond the capacity of our environment is the issue, right? Every decent improvement is a good thing there. Not that we should stay silent with that, but we should be cheering for improvements and encouraging them.
Is it? If a serial rapist goes from 10 rapes a month to 5, have they done a good thing?
(and obviously, driving a car is not comparable to rape - just illustrating that less of a bad thing is not a good thing)
Less bad is good there too
And as you said, not a good comparison.
Pollution going beyond the capacity of our environment is the issue, right? Every decent improvement is a good thing there. Not that we should stay silent with that, but we should be cheering for improvements and encouraging them.