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A comment on A Brief History of Children Sent Through the Mail (2016). Parent comment

Re:A Brief History of Children Sent Through the Mail (2016) by Chris2048 on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @07:20AM (#24978956)
Sure, but what I'm saying is that unnecessary throwaway-posting could be viewed as a greater violation, as it shields you from downvotes. If anyone disagrees that the criticism is valid, they cannot effectively downvote you.

To put it another way, If the arrest is valid then who cares if I'm not a real cop?

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Re:A Brief History of Children Sent Through the Mail (2016) by throwaway_pdp09 on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @08:56AM (#24979661)
As I carefully explained, account is throwaway in name not intent. If you look at my profile it's over a year old.

> If the arrest is valid then who cares if I'm not a real cop?

In the uk, no-one. We have citizens' arrest. It appears the US has similar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen's_arrest#United_States

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Re:A Brief History of Children Sent Through the Mail (2016) by Chris2048 on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @09:43AM (#24989438)
Impersonating a police officer is still illegal in the UK, the point is: the ends don't justify the means.

My response was to the comment:

> If the criticism is valid then its source is surely irrelevant.

If the account was a throwaway, the source would have mattered. I think it's worth making this counterpoint irrespective of whether your account is a throwaway, since you made an argument that would seem to defend that case.

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