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Re:Lichess will no longer cooperate with the USCF and the Sa... by paulddraper on Thursday August 10, 2023 @02:38PM (#37080011)
100%

I expect a "chess federation" to be good at...federating chess.

Why do we expect it to be good at policing, investigating claims, collecting evidence, passing judgments, balancing collective and individual protection?

We have actual legitimate justice systems that do this.

Are they perfect? No. But less imperfect than a bunch of chess experts.

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Re:Lichess will no longer cooperate with the USCF and the Sa... by lbotos on Thursday August 10, 2023 @02:44PM (#37080087)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37080054 said it well, because there are things an organization may choose not to accept that aren't crimes.
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Re:Lichess will no longer cooperate with the USCF and the Sa... by paulddraper on Thursday August 10, 2023 @02:50PM (#37080183)
> Their goal is to protect their members.

That is the goal of the legal system as well.

> There are things an organization may choose not to accept that aren't crimes

Sure. Dress code, etc.

But sexual assault is a crime.

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Re:Lichess will no longer cooperate with the USCF and the Sa... by RangerScience on Thursday August 10, 2023 @03:14PM (#37080478)
> That is the goal of the legal system as well.

Gonna strongly contest that. The legal system only gets involved once protections have failed. (well, the judicial part of it, at any rate)

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Re:Lichess will no longer cooperate with the USCF and the Sa... by the_lego on Thursday August 10, 2023 @05:38PM (#37082137)
That still provides deterrence, and safeguards against future harm from the same perpetrator.

Regardless, the chess federation is not being asked to act on pre-crime either, so in that aspect they are no different than the legal and police systems.

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