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Re:Audiblegate by koide on Thursday February 17, 2022 @03:11AM (#30370653)
You're misunderstanding the quote. It doesn't mean to never investigate, but to never start with the assumption that it is malice. You can complement it with the famous "trust, but verify" quote. Or with "giving the benefit of the doubt".
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Re:Audiblegate by bitcharmer on Thursday February 17, 2022 @04:07AM (#30371030)
Nope, the quote is quite limited in terms of conveying the idea. It never says anything about verification or trust. It basically says: "never assume malice if it's possible that incompetence took place".

That's pretty naïve way to see the world, especially in this day and age.

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Re:Audiblegate by bawolff on Thursday February 17, 2022 @05:21AM (#30371545)
> never assume malice if it's possible that incompetence took place".

Reading the quote literally i disagree. There is miles of difference between "adequately explained" and "possible"

> That's pretty naïve way to see the world, especially in this day and age.

I would actually argue the other way is naive. Assuming that all bad things that happen in the world are because of an evil person is what happens in movies and fairly tales. The real world is almost never that black and white.

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Re:Audiblegate by bitcharmer on Thursday February 17, 2022 @06:41AM (#30372038)
Your sentiment is quite common among people raised in comfy, western parts of the world.

I now live here and am astonished by the amount of adult, supposedly life-experienced people going into full shock that always comes with comments like: "I would never expect our government to do such thing!".

It's time to grow up. I bet you think billionaires are good people and real justice takes place in the courts of law. Also, rich people face the same consequences as the rest of us. No?

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Re:Audiblegate by samatman on Thursday February 17, 2022 @09:29AM (#30373407)
Just so you understand clearly, when you lose the thread completely like this and start responding emotionally and personally, you've lost the argument and everyone watching knows it.

You would be better served not posting this kind of reply.

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