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>If the ads said "You can be legally compelled to X, even if Y. Learn more about your airport rights at www.url.com" then it would be much less objectionable IM
by sithadmin 7y ago
>If the ads said "You can be legally compelled to X, even if Y. Learn more about your airport rights at www.url.com" then it would be much less objectionable IMO.
It's 'less objectionable' because it's bordering on bootlicking, and could even read as a tacit endorsement of the status quo.
- RickS 7y agoIs that really bootlicking? I struggle to understand how that's the case, and I'd prefer to hear a dispassionate reading of reality that lets me decide how to feel based on my own values, rather than one that's intentionally extreme to try and scare me into subscribing to a position.
- deogeo 7y agoThe phone is not safe from prying - their description sounds very accurate to me. Or would you describe a broken lock as 'safe'?
- mikekchar 7y agoI wouldn't describe it as "unsafe". It's neither. Locks aren't dangerous. There is a whole level of subtext going on there and if you are in on it (which you seem to be), then it makes complete sense. If you are not, it leaves you scratching your head (as I was). I will argue that it is completely ineffective wording as the only people who will understand what it means are the people who don't need to read it.
- Zigurd 7y agoIt is, in that police tactics can be aggressive, but being assertive about protecting yourself from aggressive police tactics is "radical" or "paranoid."
- trickstra 7y agoalso, it's boringly informative. People tend to ignore informative statements. What works is emotions. Unfortunately.