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Certainly the online activities that the bill is meant to address will still continue. Criminals don’t care about following the law unfortunately.
by osigurdson 3y ago
Certainly the online activities that the bill is meant to address will still continue. Criminals don’t care about following the law unfortunately.
- IshKebab 3y agoWhile I think this law is bonkers, "then only criminals will have guns" style arguments are terrible counterpoints. They depend on a 5 year old's view of the world where there are "good guys" and "bad guys" and nobody is a bit in-between. They also use the same oversimplification that economists are famous for - that everyone has perfect information, acts completely rationally, has infinite motivation, etc. etc. In the real world, criminality is a spectrum and difficulty is a real thing.
- pas 3y agoofftopic: economists use these models in places where even these oversimplified ones work pretty well and usually the issues with results are not because information asymmetry
- osigurdson 3y agoI think the 5 year old’s bimodal criminality distribution is likely more accurate than your posited normal one - unless the spectrum you refer to includes parking tickets, and bylaw infractions.
- IshKebab 3y agoIt includes everything. Fraud, shoplifting, term time holidays (a criminal offence in the UK), pub fights, stealing office equipment, piracy, taking photos of your own naked children, dangerous driving, manslaughter, criminal negligence, insider trading, murder... Just curious, do you support the death penalty?
- osigurdson 3y agoI see, you are saying there are serious crimes and less serious ones. I agree, but how is this related to government surveillance? Are you suggesting it is worth it?