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I don't think most people would be jailed for it. There's no evidence of it being malicious so as my dad (who was in the military) put it, "if the government ja

by tdb7893 10y ago

I don't think most people would be jailed for it. There's no evidence of it being malicious so as my dad (who was in the military) put it, "if the government jailed people for doing things that were stupid there would be no one left".

goostavos 10y ago
You have _a lot_ more faith in the sanity of the Government than I do. Hell, I mean, the FBI statement itself said, "Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case" If a normal citizen were to have done the same -- a citizen which didn't have the same profile, stature, or benefits of connection as Hilary, the "reasonable-ness" from the prosecution's vantage point would likely sky rocket. People are jailed for far less round these parts.
- okreallywtf 10y ago
  I don't like the double standard that would cause a lower-level employee prosecuted or worse, but if this is an issue I would like to see a more consistent standard applied across government. Also, how many CEO's do you know that do stupid stuff with customer data and break rules in an organization? I'm not saying is right or that it shouldn't be punished but the double standard to me is the problem. If it wasn't Hillary nobody would care but there has been a marketing campaign against her for so long its practically Pavlovian at this point.
- __david__ 10y ago
  > If a normal citizen were to have done the same -- a citizen which didn't have the same profile, stature, or benefits of connection as Hilary, the "reasonable-ness" from the prosecution's vantage point would likely sky rocket. Then again, a normal citizen doesn't really have a lot of people sending them classified emails. I don't think this is a situation where you can extrapolate from VIP to non-VIP…
cmsimike 10y ago
I disagree completely with this. I _want_ to believe I live in a country where not only laws are applied but common sense too. Do I believe Hillary acted with malicious intent? I don't. I do believe she broke the law. The reality I believe in is that if it were me somehow in this situation, there would be no common-sense applied, just the letter of the law. No judge would look at my past and see someone making a mistake, or try to get to know me to better understand me. Just gitmo.
- mywittyname 10y ago
  > Do I believe Hillary acted with malicious intent? I don't. She just wanted email on her Blackberry so she could conduct business while traveling.

by tdb7893 10y ago

goostavos 10y ago

You have _a lot_ more faith in the sanity of the Government than I do. Hell, I mean, the FBI statement itself said, "Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case" If a normal citizen were to have done the same -- a citizen which didn't have the same profile, stature, or benefits of connection as Hilary, the "reasonable-ness" from the prosecution's vantage point would likely sky rocket. People are jailed for far less round these parts.

okreallywtf 10y ago
I don't like the double standard that would cause a lower-level employee prosecuted or worse, but if this is an issue I would like to see a more consistent standard applied across government. Also, how many CEO's do you know that do stupid stuff with customer data and break rules in an organization? I'm not saying is right or that it shouldn't be punished but the double standard to me is the problem. If it wasn't Hillary nobody would care but there has been a marketing campaign against her for so long its practically Pavlovian at this point.
__david__ 10y ago
> If a normal citizen were to have done the same -- a citizen which didn't have the same profile, stature, or benefits of connection as Hilary, the "reasonable-ness" from the prosecution's vantage point would likely sky rocket. Then again, a normal citizen doesn't really have a lot of people sending them classified emails. I don't think this is a situation where you can extrapolate from VIP to non-VIP…

cmsimike 10y ago

I disagree completely with this. I _want_ to believe I live in a country where not only laws are applied but common sense too. Do I believe Hillary acted with malicious intent? I don't. I do believe she broke the law. The reality I believe in is that if it were me somehow in this situation, there would be no common-sense applied, just the letter of the law. No judge would look at my past and see someone making a mistake, or try to get to know me to better understand me. Just gitmo.

mywittyname 10y ago
> Do I believe Hillary acted with malicious intent? I don't. She just wanted email on her Blackberry so she could conduct business while traveling.