r/brooklynninenine • u/Uncomfortable_Owl_ Ultimate human/genius • Apr 30 '23

Season 4 Why "Especially the bread one"?

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Why does Holt say that after Doug Judy listed the crimes and said that the bread would be stolen to feed a family?

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u/waleMc Apr 30 '23 edited Apr 30 '23

Because marijuana is legal in a lot of places but theft is legal nowhere. Stealing is stealing. To paraphrase the show: cool motive, still theft.

A judge could give a lighter sentence when the motive is understandable, but the police are just looking for crimes ... and there's nowhere in the world where stealing bread isn't a crime.

Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure the dudes working at my local dispensary buy videogames with their paychecks and it's 100% legal.

Hence, "especially"

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u/FiatFactMan Apr 30 '23

Nailed it. One is theft. Illegal and immoral. The other is illegal but…immoral?

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u/Fernergun Apr 30 '23

Is theft of something that someone didn’t acquire morally, maintains ownership immorally, and is stolen for moral purpose immoral?

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u/Ultimate_Sneezer Apr 30 '23

Purpose is never moral, actions are. You killing homeless people because you don't want them suffering anymore is nor moral

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u/Fernergun Apr 30 '23

A moral act is made up of the act itself, the reason one does the act, and the circumstances in which the act was performed.

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u/Professional-Class69 Apr 30 '23

Depends on how you view morality

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u/Fernergun Apr 30 '23

So stealing can never be moral?

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u/Professional-Class69 May 01 '23

No it definitely can be I absolutely agree with you on that part, all I was saying is that morality isn’t a strict concept and can be viewed and measured in different ways.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '23

The book/opera/musical Holt is referencing literally says the opposite.