I don't know if it actually makes sense that Charley Pride was killed by singing at the CMAs but honestly people should treat it as if he was anyway Why give people moral points for just being lucky
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Even if the thing that made it "only" attempted murder is just your incompetence or the victim's strength/skill, not any moral choice on your part Or even if it was in fact a perfectly executed murder and it's absolutely pure dumb luck the victim survived
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And it's worse with stuff like "manslaughter" The difference between reckless driving being a citation for a few hundred dollars and landing you in prison for life depends 100% on the dumb luck of whether someone else was on the road when you were doing it
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And the COVID shit just rubs this in Extremely consequential moral decisions whose consequences can never be traced back And even if they are -- even if you're like "Sure I do risky shit and don't wear a mask but I keep on testing negative, so no harm no foul" -- you're an ass
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You know why you keep testing negative, it's not that God loves you or you're such a great person, it's that OTHER PEOPLE are being more careful than you -- THEY saved you from getting infected and you're doing nothing in return
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Like the whole old aphorism The Great Gatsby quotes about driving Bad drivers don't know they're bad drivers as long as everyone they meet on the road is a good enough driver It usually takes *two* bad drivers to have an accident
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