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> but I don't question their motives ...really? Isn't this among our foremost duties as effective, responsible, mature citizens?
by jMyles 11y ago
> but I don't question their motives
...really? Isn't this among our foremost duties as effective, responsible, mature citizens?
- marcoperaza 11y agoBetter phrasing of what I meant: I think the authors of the Patriot Act had pure motives.
- ptaipale 11y agoIndeed. Much of the time, what we perceive as "that person proposes a bad thing because he has bad intentions and bad motives" is wrong: people have good motives and they mean well, but they should see that what they propose with good intentions will eventually have bad outcomes. See "unintended consequences".