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Why not say, "If these grocery stores hadn't given food to these criminals, the illegal activities couldn't have happened",
they would have starved before committing atrocities!
also, thanks for the summary in that other thread. 100% PERFECTLY succinct and much better than my headless ramblings
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Relevant: #1453550
Honestly, the logic seems flawed. Tautological is probably the best way to describe the logic.
"Without these specific monetary transactions, illegal things couldn't have happened."
OK, but everything along the chain of the illegal activity, if prevented, could potentially have stopped the illegal activity. So why put the burden of enforcement on the money system? Why not say, "If these grocery stores hadn't given food to these criminals, the illegal activities couldn't have happened", or "If these companies hadn't paid money to these criminals in their day jobs, these illegal activities couldn't have happened."
Police the crime itself, not the tools that may or may not have been used in the course of carrying out that crime.