User:WikiHickie/Dealer's Defense

Urban slang phrase for a line of ethical argument used to defend someone who sells anti-social products such as weapons or drugs but refuses to accept responsibility for the harm these cause.

In Lord of War (2005) Nicolas Cage's character, Yuri Orlov, defends his arms trading business using a version of the dealer's defence.

A similar portrayal of the dealer's defence morality is made in Thank You for Smoking (2005). Three lobbyists, representing the tobacco, alcohol and firearms industries refer to themselves as "the M.O.D. Squad", in reference to the phrase" Merchants Of Death". The implication is that selling death is the same as selling any product, for the responsibility all sits with those who use the product, not those who sell it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399295/

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