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Re:US Attorney Announces $3.36B Cryptocurrency Seizure in Co... by matai_kolila on Monday November 07, 2022 @11:24AM (#33507918)
The FBI is supposed to be ethical, that's what's on the USA tin containing the FBI tin.

You can provide a billion examples of how the US hasn't lived up to that notion, but 'liberty and justice for all' is, "what's on the tin."

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Re:US Attorney Announces $3.36B Cryptocurrency Seizure in Co... by 2devnull on Monday November 07, 2022 @12:52PM (#33509389)
I think we agree, probably that what is and what should be are not the same. The tension is that voters will often reward politicians that are effective, rather than those whom are ethical. When it comes to the safety of your child, most humans go for effective over ethical.
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Re:US Attorney Announces $3.36B Cryptocurrency Seizure in Co... by matai_kolila on Monday November 07, 2022 @01:38PM (#33510120)
We disagree insofar as your statement, "The FBI is supposed to be effective, not ethical." They are supposed to be ethical, and then effective.
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Re:US Attorney Announces $3.36B Cryptocurrency Seizure in Co... by birdyrooster on Monday November 07, 2022 @05:01PM (#33513172)
> When it comes to the safety of your child, most humans go for effective over ethical.

Wouldn't the balance of the child's needs change the ethical judgement (now considered ethical as well as effective)? I don't see how they would be mutually exclusive.

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