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by itsoktocry 1094 days ago
>There should be no leniency whatsoever for this clear evil.

Normally I'd call this sort of language hyperbolic, but in this case I'm not sure it is.

You know people are consuming this product. Literally poisoning people to save a few dollars? It's inexplicable.

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Jail is too lenient, this is the sort of offence where I want to see heads on spikes
This sounds extreme, but someone is destroying the health of and potentially killing thousands of people to safe a small amount of money. It's hard to think of a worse crime. I wonder if this is similar to the old adage that one death is a tragedy and a thousand are a statistic. If someone violently kills a single person and we learn all the details, in some places they'll face capital punishment. You low-key poison thousands of people and jail is suddenly controversial.