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There's the US legal definition of the world, which only matters there and nowhere else (and therefore impacts a whooping 4% of people on the planet), and there
by ur-whale 5y ago
There's the US legal definition of the world, which only matters there and nowhere else (and therefore impacts a whooping 4% of people on the planet), and there's what it actually means in the rest of the English speaking world and the fact that what the cops are doing is - albeit legal - basically completely immoral.
- bawolff 5y agoIf we're talking about a us court case, i think the us definition is what matters. (Context matters in language) Besides, many other juridsictions would not consider this entrapment either.
- CRConrad 5y agoWhat's basically completely immoral is trying to claim that these criminals are somehow not to blame just because of what word is used for something that wasn't done to them: If the legal term were "gnartleflarb" in stead of "entrapment" even you would see that you have no argument, because they clearly weren't gnartleflarbed. So what if the law enforcement and judicial system now happens to use the word entrapment in stead, and that means something else to you? What is meant in the law still didn't happen, so you still have no argument.