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Re:Cloudflare expands its government warrant canaries by djakjxnanjak on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @01:34PM (#19257011)
Often, the law does treat action and inaction very differently. Eg: it’s illegal to poison your ailing grandparent, but legal to let them die by removing the feeding tube (because you are just “not feeding them anymore”).
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Re:Cloudflare expands its government warrant canaries by fossuser on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @03:09PM (#19257886)
Intent and spirit of the law matter more than the difference between action and inaction.
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Re:Cloudflare expands its government warrant canaries by djakjxnanjak on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @07:39PM (#19259854)
The law doesn’t care if you say “let’s put him out of his misery” before pulling out the feeding tube, even though it demonstrates a clear intent to kill.
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