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A comment on Petition to release Cameron D'Ambrosio. Parent comment
You really swallowed 'they hate us for our freedom' hook, line and sinker, didn't you?
> If they didn't act on it, and this kid did in fact do something, we would be having a COMPLETELY different conversation now.
You're arguing that we should prosecute thought-crime, because it might result in a real-world crime? Wow.
> So as I said, this could have gone the other way - at which point I am sure you would be cursing the FBI for incompetence.
A classic: making an assumption about how others would feel based on your own feelings.
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You really swallowed 'they hate us for our freedom' hook, line and sinker, didn't you?
> If they didn't act on it, and this kid did in fact do something, we would be having a COMPLETELY different conversation now.
You're arguing that we should prosecute thought-crime, because it might result in a real-world crime? Wow.
> So as I said, this could have gone the other way - at which point I am sure you would be cursing the FBI for incompetence.
A classic: making an assumption about how others would feel based on your own feelings.