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Re:UK to launch taxpayer-funded high-risk tech research agen... by mcguire on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @02:38PM (#26170568)
The problem with this line of argument is that it ignores the specifics of the case and overgeneralizes to a version of the slippery-slope fallacy.

If someone were proposing building a sewage plant immune to FOI requests, I'd be feckin' terrified, much less worried about corruption. And I'm pretty blase about corruption in various activities (such as the ever-popular road construction and maintenance) in the US.

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Re:UK to launch taxpayer-funded high-risk tech research agen... by dalbasal on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:00AM (#26179868)
what slippery slope? What general case? Everything I said was specifically about this agency, this HN thread.
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Re:UK to launch taxpayer-funded high-risk tech research agen... by mcguire on Thursday February 18, 2021 @02:53PM (#26184587)
"The problem with this line of argument is that it applies to anything and everything done under the current conservative banner. ... Whether it's a British DARPA, new sewage plant, or change to the tax code, the only thing to say is..."

I don't read that as being about this agency.

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