Re:U.S. Senator Questions Attorney General about Aaron Swartz
by justin66 on Friday January 18, 2013 @06:10PM
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It seems like you're just assuming that everyone has a very simple, AM radio view of their government.
Things like disliking the political appointees of an institution rather than the institution itself, or disliking parts of an institution rather than the whole, are not difficult distinctions to make. Similarly, I can judge the work output of any institution and my opinion is not likely to be 100% positive or 100% negative.
Re:U.S. Senator Questions Attorney General about Aaron Swartz
by jessaustin on Friday January 18, 2013 @07:08PM
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It seems like you're just assuming that everyone has a very simple, AM radio view of their government.
Which of the ancestors to that comment could have led anyone to believe that?
To a liberal, the DOJ is in the abstract the agency that enforces anti-trust laws or the like against big companies. But the actual DOJ is the one going after people growing weed. To a conservative, the DOJ in the abstract is the agency that goes after drug traffickers. But the actual DOJ is the one meddling in mergers.