• Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    You’ve saved someone who is almost certainly already dead from criticism on the internet. You’ve done absolutely nothing for no one, but you’ve put yourself in a position of moral superiority. Well done, I guess.

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      11 months ago

      The intention wasn’t to feel morally superior. I am from Brazil and I know these people didn’t know better. They scavenged for scraps to live, most likely didn’t go to high school. Just wish people were more empathetic, but I imagine that most of the user base here is quite privileged and don’t know how poor and uninformed people can be in 3rd world countries.

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        11 months ago

        Again, there’s uninformed, and there’s thinking the medical device you stole from the hospital could contain gunpowder. For me that crosses a line from simply not knowing any better to just not logically thinking something through at all. Common sense should tell you gunpowder isn’t at the hospital, unless you’re cauterizing wounds on the battlefield.

        And I’m sure many people involved or who were exposed during this asked similar “how did this ever happen” questions at the time.