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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by DenisM on Friday January 28, 2022 @02:58PM (#30119552)
Was mass incarceration of the Japanese Americans a noble cause? Nobody wants a bunch of hot-war enemy spies running around, after all.

I'm not trolling you, I want to know where you draw the line (if at all). 9% false positive? 99%? 99.999%?

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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by Tabular-Iceberg on Saturday January 29, 2022 @03:50AM (#30124862)
Yes, that’s also an appropriate use of the idiom.
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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by DenisM on Saturday January 29, 2022 @12:20PM (#30128164)
How about preemptively jailing all men in case some are murderers. Also a noble cause?
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Re:In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist by Tabular-Iceberg on Monday January 31, 2022 @04:04AM (#30146018)
Yes, that’s another good example.
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