razoloto999Apr 20, 2024

Is it cruel to extinguish a person who self-immolates? If they live they will have tremendous pain and suffering.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/18106814

Is it cruel to extinguish a person who self-immolates? If they live they will have tremendous pain and suffering. - sh.itjust.works

I read that the police were extinguishing the guy who set himself on fire yesterday only two minutes after it began. Obviously, the guy did not want to live. Putting out the fire so quickly does not ease his suffering and would only increase it if he were to live. As long as nothing else is at risk of catching fire perhaps it would be best to stay away. What do you think?

Show threadhperrinApr 20, 2024
If someone is suicidal, the police have a duty to protect them from themself.
Show threadpixeltreeApr 20, 2024
Police have no duty to protect anyone. Literally. There are no laws saying police have to help anyone. Police do not exist to help anyone.
Show threadTiefling IRLApr 20, 2024
SCOTUS has actually ruled the opposite, police have no duty to protect anyone but corporate interests
Show threadDragonTypeWyvernApr 20, 2024
One might note there are practical differences between duty, morality, and law.
Show thread🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆Apr 20, 2024
And which of those 3 do the police believe in? 🤔
Show threadDragonTypeWyvernApr 20, 2024
Their personal failings are irrelevant, because their duty to help others comes from being human, not being a cop.
Show threadpixeltreeApr 20, 2024
Ok, in what countries do police have a duty by law to help people? And if the duty to help others comes from being human, then police are doing a fucking terrible job at fulfilling it
Show threadDragonTypeWyvern

Belgium!

Of course, in theory, every Belgian is legally obligated to render aid to everyone in the world, because their Good Samaritan law was a bit vague.

Apr 21, 2024 at 12:49amWeb
Show threadMinnesotaGoddamApr 21, 2024
Watch your mouth
Show threadDragonTypeWyvernApr 21, 2024
I’m sorry, I didn’t censor the b-word 😭