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> It is without contention that the vast majority of the leaked cables revealed nothing that anyone considers wrongdoing. Right, and nobody is contending that.
by MaxfordAndSons 10y ago
> It is without contention that the vast majority of the leaked cables revealed nothing that anyone considers wrongdoing.
Right, and nobody is contending that. Rather, the act of commuting her sentence is contending that 8 years is a sufficient punishment for a leak which hasn't caused any concrete harm to US citizens or interests. 35 years is more than most rapists and many murderers serve, do you really think it was a just sentence?
- hackinthebochs 10y agoIt is unjust to measure a sentence by the chance outcome (this would mean one person ends up with a light sentence and the other ends up with the book thrown at them for the same action due solely to chance). The evaluation must be in the action, not whether luck was or wasn't on your side. The fact that releasing so much classified information indiscriminately could have been very damaging to real people is the problem. Furthermore, simply saying no one was directly harmed is an incredibly low bar. The ability for diplomats to do their job has been significantly harmed by such a release. This does have real consequences for real people.
- MaxfordAndSons 10y agoAccording to what theory of jurisprudence? Why are assault and murder treated differently then?
- hackinthebochs 10y agoI'm not referencing any fleshed out theory that I'm aware of. >Why are assault and murder treated differently then? Well, assault covers a wide range of violent actions, some of which are very unlikely to cause death and others that are highly likely to cause death. Thus it makes sense to treat the actions differently because the likely outcome is different.
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