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[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

Stole $1000 (likely from someone who wouldn't realise it's even gone) to prevent untold trauma. I understand it's a grey situation but knowing how damaging conversion therapy can be to a person, I'd say theft is certainly the lesser of two evils.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

It sure is better, but still an unnecessary evil. He should have donated the money to conversion therapy victims or gave it all to the kid.

You are saying as if stealing the money is inseparable from the good deed he did. He could do it without also helping himself to the money.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

I don't see how donating it is any less morally wrong. Between what he did and what you propose, both involve using the money to fix the same problem. The difference is just

  1. whether he provides the services himself or someone else does and
  2. whether we fix it through prevention or treatment after the fact.
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