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Luckily, there are already legal standards for 'what a reasonable person would believe' in a given circumstance, so this part may not be a tricky legal puzzle a
by hawkice 10y ago
Luckily, there are already legal standards for 'what a reasonable person would believe' in a given circumstance, so this part may not be a tricky legal puzzle at all.
- vkou 10y agoWould a reasonable person believe that the CIA smuggles drugs into the United States, so that it can fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_involvement_in_Contra_cocaine_trafficking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_involvement_in_Contra_coca... Or, alternatively, half of the things on this list? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentation_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentatio...
- hawkice 10y agoThey would, upon being shown evidence of them. That's my point.
- rokosbasilisk 10y agoDepends on the evidence, people are not always rational. I remember being called crazy before the Snowden leaks, then afterwards everyone just knew it was happening all along. People have different standards for evidence and coping mechanisms for uncomfortable truths.