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Re:The Slow Criminalization of Peer-To-Peer Transfers by icebraining on Saturday June 03, 2017 @12:25PM (#14477089)
That doesn't mean this particular use of force is legitimate. Unless you mean that all uses of force by the government are legitimate, in which case you'll have much to defend.
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Re:The Slow Criminalization of Peer-To-Peer Transfers by labster on Saturday June 03, 2017 @03:47PM (#14478119)
They're almost all legitimate uses of force by definition, unless the government breaks the law. This is orthogonal to moral or utilitarian concerns, however.

But whenever I see people upset government uses force, I think: of course it does. It's like birds using wings or Emacs users using the control key.

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Re:The Slow Criminalization of Peer-To-Peer Transfers by icebraining on Saturday June 03, 2017 @04:12PM (#14478248)
My point is that people may be upset at this particular use of force, not of the use in general. That it is legal is beside the point.
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