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A comment on Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavior in a ‘Risk’ Database. Parent comment

Re:Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavio... by dao- on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @06:46AM (#20038608)
Are you a person of color? Do you have piercings, pink hair, stuff like that? Maybe you shouldn't generalize solely based on your personal experience?
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Re:Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavio... by gambiting on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @07:34AM (#20038863)
Where did I generalize??

"I would have zero problem". "Based on my interactions". "I would describe them".

That's the phrasing I used, very specifically and on purpose in fact. Is that a problem?

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Re:Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavio... by dao- on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @08:19AM (#20039173)
I read it as a rebuke to a generalized statement that you characterized as US-centric, hence implying that outside of the US the police are your friends. You also said "they do generally want to help" which is a rather explicit generalization.

If you just meant to say that the police are your personal friends, that's fine I guess, but the comment you replied to didn't really rule that out in the first place.

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