Would you be locked up for thought crimes?
- Thread starter Dicer
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Yup. And they would throw away the key too.
Fortunately, there is a difference between someones thoughts and their actions. If everyone acted exactly how they thought, we would be on a planet of sociopaths.
Fortunately, there is a difference between someones thoughts and their actions. If everyone acted exactly how they thought, we would be on a planet of sociopaths.
Is this thread specifically about physically harming another? There are hundreds of other thoughts that could get you arrested in OP's scenario. Ever thought, "god I wish I could rob a bank. Tired of being broke." Well, that could get your ass in jail lmao. It's a goofy scenario and it's safe to say everyone would be behind bars.
I actually rarely, if ever, have violent thoughts. There's a handful of people I really dislike, and imagine bad things happening to them, but I don't really have any urges, or entertain any thoughts of causing them myself. I guess it's normal but it's still a foreign idea to me.
But I definitely think antisocial stuff all the time. Like, lying, stealing, cheating. So I'd be in the hole with everyone else, yeah.
But I definitely think antisocial stuff all the time. Like, lying, stealing, cheating. So I'd be in the hole with everyone else, yeah.
There are some fuckers I definitely wouldn't mind seeing pounded into the fucking street, so probably yeah.
OP is quite clever. He is this:
But also, this:
But also, this:
I see right through your little thought-defying scheme OP. Scatterbrained yet not scatterbrained enough to not postulate this thought-provoking question.
Pe-lease. You aren't going to tell me that in your entire existence there never was a single moment where you were like Lets beat this guy up/ruin his shit/get all Deadpool on him.
The fact that this has to be explained is more disturbing as fuck than being heartbroken that people have violent thoughts.
Nobody has said it was the norm, all have been saying that everyone does this every now and then. However when you are in a state of permanent thoughts about killing people (which might be what you are referring to?) then yes, that's unhealthy. But when angered or heckled and having a thought like that? Perfectly normal.
*Cue Dragonball Z Abridged's Gohan* I need an adult.
In this Orwellian Future I assume simpler things like "Maybe we shouldn't arrest people based on what they think" are considered criminal offences anyway, so probably.
Yeah, I just can't contain the kink under that kind of system. They'd either lock me up or have me leading the nation.
I think everyone would, I have head thoughts that I hate and think are wrong but I can't get it out of my head.
No. Thought crime, even in Minority Report, implies the actual will/desire/action exists.
I can think all sorts of horrible things, like I do, but since I've never truly wanted or planned to execute any of them....I think I'm safe.
I can think all sorts of horrible things, like I do, but since I've never truly wanted or planned to execute any of them....I think I'm safe.