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I got scammed on Ultimate X

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If you walk up and pickpocket ploppy, you get the same result. If this is truly your consequentialist philosophy it's a wonder you're not in prison by now.

I suspect that's not your actual philosophy but you've argued yourself into a corner, and you're either too ashamed to admit a mistake on an anonymous forum, or you are reveling in the eristic...

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> I don't think so. Both people are exploiting weaknesses in the ploppy, either in terms of knowledge or bankroll or time.
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> It's an active passive distinction I don't believe in. If you let somebody drown by not throwing them a life vest I think it's morally equivalent to throwing them overboard without a vest in the first place. I believe in consequentialism so only the final outcome matters. In either case ploppy loses money and ap makes money.

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#2

Same result except I end up in jail most of the time which is minus ev. If I could steal money from strangers with impunity I would do it obviously.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, C <clementiyn@...> wrote:

If you walk up and pickpocket ploppy, you get the same result. If this is truly your consequentialist philosophy it's a wonder you're not in prison by now.

I suspect that's not your actual philosophy but you've argued yourself into a corner, and you're either too ashamed to admit a mistake on an anonymous forum, or you are reveling in the eristic...

> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vpplayer88" <@...> wrote:
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> > I don't think so. Both people are exploiting weaknesses in the ploppy, either in terms of knowledge or bankroll or time.
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> > It's an active passive distinction I don't believe in. If you let somebody drown by not throwing them a life vest I think it's morally equivalent to throwing them overboard without a vest in the first place. I believe in consequentialism so only the final outcome matters. In either case ploppy loses money and ap makes money.

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#3

Thanks for your honest reply on this forum and good luck with your criminal career.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vpplayer88" <vpplayer88@...> wrote:

Same result except I end up in jail most of the time which is minus ev. If I could steal money from strangers with impunity I would do it obviously.

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, C <clementiyn@> wrote:
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> If you walk up and pickpocket ploppy, you get the same result. If this is truly your consequentialist philosophy it's a wonder you're not in prison by now.
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> I suspect that's not your actual philosophy but you've argued yourself into a corner, and you're either too ashamed to admit a mistake on an anonymous forum, or you are reveling in the eristic...
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> > > It's an active passive distinction I don't believe in. If you let somebody drown by not throwing them a life vest I think it's morally equivalent to throwing them overboard without a vest in the first place. I believe in consequentialism so only the final outcome matters. In either case ploppy loses money and ap makes money.
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