A New York City landlord is being accused of lighting his own townhouse on fire after the upstairs tenants stopped paying rent and refused to move out.
Brooklyn landlord Rafiqul Islam faces arson and attempted murder charges
Hot take: people are more important than property, and anyone who thinks not paying for a basic human right is worth murdering over is a piece of shit who should be shunned from society.
I work in hospice and see all kinds of family situations. I see elderly parents that have to move in with their children because of medical and end of life care expenses, children who have to make decisions that will impact their current and future financial stability to care for their parents, and parents who’s children either can’t or won’t blow their futures to put the parents in a safe, clean facility.
While I don’t wish any of those circumstances on you, I might imagine that should you find yourself there one day you might appreciate some compassion or empathy that you’re denying others.
I’m not sure what you’re saying, considering the person I replied to said the dude was right to try to murder a bunch of people, and I said property is not worth more than human life. I never said the world was free to live in, just that people who think that this behavior is acceptable over something that should be a human right are pieces of shit.
Dude arson endangers not just the lives of the residents of that building but those of adjacent buildings. Fires spread. Even if you could justify the death of the squatters arson is far from any justifiable mechanism.
Everyone’s trying to explain the value of human life to this comment but you’re explaining the hazard to other objects. You’re reaching people where they are; I think just might change a heart tonight. Good job.
your the guy trying to defend the person who is of the opinion that squatters are best dealt with by fire, if they stop providing rent income to the privileged
And they had not paid rent since January? I will never understand the notion that some people, regular people, not billionaires, deserve to lose income while some people deserve free housing because of “family”. While he obviously went a bit overboard, I can’t imagine there wasn’t some desperation in his actions because he had not been paid rent for months on end.
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Hot take: people are more important than property, and anyone who thinks not paying for a basic human right is worth murdering over is a piece of shit who should be shunned from society.
Hotter take: Anyone should be allowed to set things they own on fire*. Being a landlord is thing here that should be outlawed.
*Property fires cannot contain other people or their possessions. Fire must not spread to other properties.
that’s murder. you are advocating murder.
No one reads the fine print anymore. Or apparently past the first sentence
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Are you saying that if you can’t make money you deserve to be homeless?
I think they are trying to say “there is no such thing as a free lunch”
That doesn’t warrant committing arson
Point out an obvious lack of basic English comprehension and suddenly I have 15 down votes and some low IQ trying to insinuate I’m condoning arson…
OH MY GOD WE’RE HAVING A FIRE!!!
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sale.
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No that doesn’t warrant arson you psychopath
You are a sick. Seek help.
I work in hospice and see all kinds of family situations. I see elderly parents that have to move in with their children because of medical and end of life care expenses, children who have to make decisions that will impact their current and future financial stability to care for their parents, and parents who’s children either can’t or won’t blow their futures to put the parents in a safe, clean facility.
While I don’t wish any of those circumstances on you, I might imagine that should you find yourself there one day you might appreciate some compassion or empathy that you’re denying others.
So if you don’t have money, you should just die?
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I’m not sure what you’re saying, considering the person I replied to said the dude was right to try to murder a bunch of people, and I said property is not worth more than human life. I never said the world was free to live in, just that people who think that this behavior is acceptable over something that should be a human right are pieces of shit.
What are you trying to say?
It’s not but it should be because it can be.
Pretty sure it used to be, too.
Dude arson endangers not just the lives of the residents of that building but those of adjacent buildings. Fires spread. Even if you could justify the death of the squatters arson is far from any justifiable mechanism.
Everyone’s trying to explain the value of human life to this comment but you’re explaining the hazard to other objects. You’re reaching people where they are; I think just might change a heart tonight. Good job.
I was more going for the hazard to neighbors. But any port in a storm I suppose.
Dude its all connected regardless
Fuck landlords. They are leaches.
And what does that make literal squatters lmfao
It makes them impoverished and desperate in an economy that increasingly funnels wealth towards the idle rich
Whew jumping to conclusions much? Did you imagine all that just to justify theft?
considering the rest of you guys are trying to justify murder, I think he has to do way less conclusion jumping
The rest of who? Where did I even start to sympathize with the guy in the article. Y’all are streeeeetching
your the guy trying to defend the person who is of the opinion that squatters are best dealt with by fire, if they stop providing rent income to the privileged
I don’t care if someone leeches off a leech.
So it makes them a leach. Got it lol
Yes, just like every single landlord in existence.
Squatters add value to otherwise unproductive property. Squatters are wealth creators.
He tried to kill 6 children. What is wrong with you?
And they had not paid rent since January? I will never understand the notion that some people, regular people, not billionaires, deserve to lose income while some people deserve free housing because of “family”. While he obviously went a bit overboard, I can’t imagine there wasn’t some desperation in his actions because he had not been paid rent for months on end.
If they kept their rent the same, they would still get paid.
But they were greedy, so they didn’t.
They only have themselves to blame.
Found the landlord / bootlicker
You’re advocating for murder. Consider your choices
While I can try and understand your position. These people basically stole his investment. Arson and murder is not the correct solution.
Evicting them is the correct solution, and if that is too hard for him then maybe he is in the wrong business.
Being a landlord is risky I suppose. You shouldn’t invest if you can’t take the loss.
You mean he threatened to withhold shelter if they didn’t pay him protection money?
That sounds fucked of him.
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