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0 pointsthreeseed2y ago0 comments

Ordinary employees should never be the frontline defence against criminals.

That is what trained security guards are for.

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baggy_trough2y ago· 2 in thread

That's a very blanket statement that I believe is quite wrong.

threeseedOP2y ago

Hopefully we don't end up in a society like that.

Where minimum-wage cashiers are pitted up against violent criminals in order to protect the theft of a company's insured products.

hellojesus2y ago

I think the point should not be that we expect cashiers to stop criminals. Rather the issue is that the state forbids their intervention. Why should people be disallowed from protecting their private property?

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