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Well, they let that one, particular, suspect off when the test was caught failing in that very public fashion. So, I mean, in they're view, they probably figur

Well, they let that one, particular, suspect off when the test was caught failing in that very public fashion. So, I mean, in they're view, they probably figure that they, well, "Fixed the Glitch": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUE0PPQI3is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUE0PPQI3is Other people's constitutional rights will likely be violated, but hey, "these things work themselves out" right? /end sarcasm How do people live with themselves when they knowingly implement shoddy products and processes like these that literally ruin peoples' lives? It's crazy.

teddyh 7y ago
> How do people live with themselves Easy. The reasoning goes: Since people are convicted, those people must be guilty. Therefore, anything which is done in order to get people convicted is good and acceptable. They then sleep soundly at night knowing that they convict only guilty people. (Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18450620#18453319 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18450620#18453319)
javajosh 7y ago
literally ruin peoples' lives The remarkable truth is that most regular people in the US don't actually care about wrongly ruining people's lives. Most people are primarily concerned with living their own life, and avoiding winning the shit lottery, and when they find out someone else won, they count their lucky stars it wasn't them and move on. It would be far better if people invested time, effort, and money into dismantling the shit lottery itself. But most people don't have the resources. And, dismantling the shit lottery is a good way to increase your odds of 'winning' it. (Speaking truth to power most often doesn't end well for the speaker.)
buckminster 7y ago
They might think, well, it's not as bad as a fake bomb detector. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651
- OrgNet 7y ago
  It's not as bad as police dogs that 'find' things on-command, by the real police officer, to give him/her probable cause to search your car/etc...
bsanr2 7y ago
Capitalism means never having to say you're sorry.

teddyh 7y ago

> How do people live with themselves Easy. The reasoning goes: Since people are convicted, those people must be guilty. Therefore, anything which is done in order to get people convicted is good and acceptable. They then sleep soundly at night knowing that they convict only guilty people. (Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18450620#18453319 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18450620#18453319)

javajosh 7y ago

literally ruin peoples' lives The remarkable truth is that most regular people in the US don't actually care about wrongly ruining people's lives. Most people are primarily concerned with living their own life, and avoiding winning the shit lottery, and when they find out someone else won, they count their lucky stars it wasn't them and move on. It would be far better if people invested time, effort, and money into dismantling the shit lottery itself. But most people don't have the resources. And, dismantling the shit lottery is a good way to increase your odds of 'winning' it. (Speaking truth to power most often doesn't end well for the speaker.)

buckminster 7y ago

They might think, well, it's not as bad as a fake bomb detector. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651

OrgNet 7y ago
It's not as bad as police dogs that 'find' things on-command, by the real police officer, to give him/her probable cause to search your car/etc...

bsanr2 7y ago

Capitalism means never having to say you're sorry.