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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by hotpotamus on Saturday May 20, 2023 @11:42AM (#36012843)
Do you think the widespread inability to enforce mask mandates might have lessened peoples' likelihood to obey laws at all levels? Seems a bit analogous to broken windows, no? And timely.
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by koolba on Saturday May 20, 2023 @12:23PM (#36013228)
Are you comparing a useless gesture of compliance to theft or willful property damage?
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by hotpotamus on Saturday May 20, 2023 @12:49PM (#36013482)
The example given was property owners complying with covering broken windows, wasn’t it? Does that seem like a useful gesture of compliance? I believe the idea is more that it sets an example of compliance with authority, but I agree that the whole concepts seems a bit questionable to me.
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by pfffr on Saturday May 20, 2023 @04:51PM (#36015492)
How were mask mandates useless? The data is in and they did help prevent spread of infection.
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by onlypositive on Saturday May 20, 2023 @05:38PM (#36015853)
No they didn't.
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by onlypositive on Saturday May 20, 2023 @10:55PM (#36017627)
https://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/testimony/HPOLSUB-1...
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by csomar on Saturday May 20, 2023 @09:21PM (#36017138)
Do you have any serious and confirmed study of such a thing? So far it doesn't seem that there is any consensus whether masks are useful or just completely useless.
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