A Brief History of Children Sent Through the Mail (2016)

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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