Re:Whistleblower to Congress: Facebook products harm kids an...
by oarabbus_ on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @01:22PM
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>The other posts that I meant "should be" aren't entirely wrong, but "crime", like most words, has more than one meaning,
Crime has a very specific meaning when we're talking about a legislative body conducting a hearing. It's not open to interpretation. A crime is something that violates existing statutes of law, period.
Re:Whistleblower to Congress: Facebook products harm kids an...
by handrous on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @01:29PM
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> A crime is something that violates existing statutes of law, period
What are you trying to communicate here? You're really stretching to defend your poor reading.
[EDIT] rather, you're really digging inβ"my poor reading is the only correct reading, because I say it is, therefore the post is what's wrong, not my reading".
The other posts that I meant "should be" aren't entirely wrong, but "crime", like most words, has more than one meaning, so that interpretation isn't necessary for my use to be correct (and isn't what I intended).
From Webster's 1913 for "Crime (n)":
2. Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offense against morality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong. "To part error from crime." Tennyson. [emphasis mine]
3. Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.