Re:Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
by drevil-v2 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @09:12PM
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What exactly are you saying? That the State should let this one go?
Re:Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
by avs733 on Thursday January 09, 2020 @10:31AM
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More so that laws are a social construct.
We can have a discussion about how the state should behave without using catastrophic examples to shift debates about principles and policies.
The post I was responding to sees the role of the state as a absolutist binaric executor of often fuzzy laws and rules. The context of this example doesn't have any affect on whether or not that naive belief is a path to a functional and just society.
Whatever happens with Smollett, or the next example, simply doesn't support a belief that every crime should be prosecuted. There was a (hamfisted but entertaining) TNG episode about this for gods sake...
Another way to look at that 'duty' is to say [The] state has a responsibility to ensure justice for all. That may seem like the same thing but vagueness is at times valuable given that life rarely satisfies the black and white dichotomies many of us would prefer.