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The prospect of a world in which victims are transformed into criminals is profoundly dystopian. Such laws run the risk of fostering a climate in which individ
by pc_edwin 4y ago
The prospect of a world in which victims are transformed into criminals is profoundly dystopian.
Such laws run the risk of fostering a climate in which individuals frequently transgress established legal boundaries, with the authorities given free rein to target anyone they please on a whim.
This would inevitably lead to a breakdown of the rule of law and a culture of lawlessness that would imperil the rights and liberties of all citizens.
- pc86 4y ago"Preventing large monetary transfers to organized crime inevitably leads to a culture of lawlessness and imperils all citizens" is certainly an interesting take, I'll give you that.
- pc_edwin 4y agoThe alternative is a moral/philosophical claim that there are no situations where dealing with organised crime is acceptable. This is patently absurd, as there exists not only situations where its reasonable but an imperative to deal with organised crime.
- muro 4y agoSuch as?
- pc_edwin 4y agoHackers gaining control of air traffic systems and threatening to shut them down or threatening to open dams during peak monsoon season? Hackers gaining control over the space station and not only threatening the lives of the crew but also threatening to send it back to earth targeting a high population area.