Re:Journalist’s phone hacked: all he had to do was visit any...
by aronpye on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @06:23AM
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I agree that a trial by jury isn’t always required. But when punishing individuals, there should always be due process. In any case, any action taken should be evidence based and properly investigated.
Re:Journalist’s phone hacked: all he had to do was visit any...
by bluntfang on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @11:40AM
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>any action taken should be evidence based and properly investigated.
My emotionally charged actions to not be your friend or colleague requires no evidence or proper investigation. If you want to be my friend/colleague, stop being an asshole. It's that simple.
Re:Journalist’s phone hacked: all he had to do was visit any...
by CathedralBorrow on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @07:54AM
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Any action taken by anyone? If I want to boycott a company, would you like my actions to be properly investigated?
This is absurd. A "right to a fair trial" is the standard for criminal trials, which are associated with criminal punishments -particularly but not always- imprisonment and execution. The right to a fair trial has never been a standard we as individuals are obliged to follow in other contexts; for example: it would be ridiculous to think "a trial" is needed before we decide whether we should continue doing business with a company that dismisses its employees for being gay or trans.
Similarly, there is a long history of consumer boycott movements to pressure both companies and nations into acting more ethically; from Apartheid South Africa, to confectionary and fruit companies, to oil companies, to which eggs we might choose to buy. In none of those circumstances is a "right to a fair trial" a relevant concern.
A better question might be: How unethical does a company have to be before the act of just working for them should be considered immoral enough to merit public rebuke and repudiation? I don't think there's a lot of companies that reach that threshold, but I'm adamant that some should: Blackwater is the most obvious choice here.