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Re:230, or not 230? That is the EARN IT question by novok on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @04:23PM (#22816684)
> These fines also aren’t assessed arbitrarily: there’s a specific list of factors to take into account, and all decisions are subject to judicial review under the established principles of proportionality.

You hope bureaucrats do not act mechanistically and do not apply proportionality, but over and over again in recent history you see that exact behavior. Which is why no business trusts a statement of 'they'll be might be nice, but nothing is effectively stopping them from not being nice other than some platitudes'!

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Re:230, or not 230? That is the EARN IT question by TheSpiceIsLife on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @05:02PM (#22817104)
> You hope bureaucrats do not act ... nothing is effectively stopping them from not being nice other than some platitudes

One argument goes something like this:

The state always reserves the right to extinguish you, either by execution or permanent non-judicial incarceration, regardless of laws.

We all can only always hope state-level actors don't abuse their powers.

Whether they are or aren't at any particular time is somewhat subjective.

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