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>Regardless of the rules, or consistent FISC disapprovals, the FBI continues to act in a way that shows no regard for privacy and civil liberties The FBI canno
by thfuran 3y ago
>Regardless of the rules, or consistent FISC disapprovals, the FBI continues to act in a way that shows no regard for privacy and civil liberties
The FBI cannot act. Only it's members can act. And there's no reason to suppose that their malfeasance will stop if it isn't punished.
- readthenotes1 3y agoThey, not it.
- freedomben 3y agoI think "it" in GP was referring to the malfeasance, not the person/people.
- readthenotes1 3y agoWell, it is not the action that needs to be punished but instead the actors. It is kind of interesting to trouble that a pronoun can bring, isn't it?
- mjan22640 3y agois this an https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacoluthon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacoluthon ?
- stronglikedan 3y agoIn the English language, it's understood that punishing a behavior is the same thing as punishing the actors, since behaviors cannot directly be punished. So when OP said, "malfeasance will stop if it isn't punished", it's a common and correct usage. It's all about the context.
- dghf 3y agoThis is perfectly standard English usage. You can punish (inflict a penalty on) a person, and you can punish (inflict a penalty for) a behaviour. "To reward" is similar.