Re:Bezos Exerts Control of WaPo Opinion to Focus on Personal...
by mmooss on Thursday February 27, 2025 @02:50AM
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> > If someone crashes into a streetlight, is that an offense against society?
> If you do it on purpose, yes.
Well I guess "an offense against society" is undefined, but that is an extreme reaction. There are matters of degree in everything, and those degrees are everything. The state prosecutes lots of crimes, from shoplifting to mass murder - to call them all "an offense against society" becomes meaningless.
> > Does it not matter because they worked for the government?
> Yes.
Killing people doesn't matter if those people work for the government. Wow.
> If you do it on purpose, yes.
Well I guess "an offense against society" is undefined, but that is an extreme reaction. There are matters of degree in everything, and those degrees are everything. The state prosecutes lots of crimes, from shoplifting to mass murder - to call them all "an offense against society" becomes meaningless.
> > Does it not matter because they worked for the government?
> Yes.
Killing people doesn't matter if those people work for the government. Wow.