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Don't be hyperbolic. They do also stop crimes.
by Sporktacular 3y ago
Don't be hyperbolic. They do also stop crimes.
- tyingq 3y agoIt feels like almost a certainty that an intelligence agency that also has law enforcement powers is going to develop an unhealthy culture. That isn't really hyperbole. That their power is sometimes pointed at actual criminals doesn't change that much. For example, their relationship with Whitey Bulger did end up putting some bad people in prison. It also had some less desirable outcomes.
- BillyTheMage 3y agoThe fact that they stop crimes is just a "broken clock's right twice a day" things. Of course the tyrants stop crime, they have to.
- opportune 3y agoNot only do they stop crimes, is it really evil to arrest someone who continued sending money to (what he thought was) ISIS as an adult after the FBI had literally shown up to his house and told his parents that they needed to monitor their son’s internet access? Incompetence, maybe, unnecessary, yes. Evil is a stretch
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- giraffe_lady 3y agoIt is really grimly hilarious how often this shitpost quote is appropriate on HN but: "drunk driving may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,"
- alex_lav 3y agoResponding to a post asking for a reduction in hyperbole with even worse hyperbole is also “grimly hilarious”, I guess.