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Re:Bezos Exerts Control of WaPo Opinion to Focus on Personal... by abduhl on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @11:42PM (#43191433)
>> If someone crashes into a streetlight, is that an offense against society? Obviously not.

That’s literally what it is. That’s why the court case is styled State/Commonwealth/People v. Streetlightcrasher. You can quibble about whether the government “is” society but that argument makes you sound like a fringe libertarian.

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Re:Bezos Exerts Control of WaPo Opinion to Focus on Personal... by mmooss on Thursday February 27, 2025 @02:52AM (#43192248)
I think we are getting into a philosophical debate of literalism. Other than that, nobody would call it "an offense against society".
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Re:Bezos Exerts Control of WaPo Opinion to Focus on Personal... by abduhl on Thursday February 27, 2025 @10:52AM (#43195486)
It sounds like you don’t understand what the word “offense” means. The literal meaning of offense is a crime. If you crash into a street light and damage it (purposely, probably also negligently) then it is literally an offense against society.

offense: an illegal act; a crime

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/offen...

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Re:Bezos Exerts Control of WaPo Opinion to Focus on Personal... by mmooss on Thursday February 27, 2025 @12:52PM (#43196675)
That's what I meant by literalism.
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