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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data by mirimir on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @05:21PM (#12639586)
Well, it was illegal to smoke marijuana everywhere in the US for several decades. That didn't stop people from doing it. And now it's becoming legal.
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data by fweespeech on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @05:54PM (#12639855)
Yes. However, that doesn't change the fact casual users that are largely harmless ended up losing years of their lives and had their ability to earn a good living to support themselves casually destroyed in the process.
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data by mirimir on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @03:07AM (#12642012)
True, sadly enough. But my point is that the Drug War didn't stop people from doing what they wanted to do. Unjust laws tend to get ignored.
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