3 ms·
"They were just doing their job" is not a response we accept when police and soldiers brutalize people. Why should it be the same for lawyers when they attack p
by tb_technical 3y ago
"They were just doing their job" is not a response we accept when police and soldiers brutalize people. Why should it be the same for lawyers when they attack publicly accessible archives?
IMHO, publicly accessible archives can uplift large groups of the disadvantaged. Attacking them is equivalent to cutting public services for the poor.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> "They were just doing their job" is not a response we accept when police and soldiers brutalize people. Unfortunately, it is a response that we, collectively, mostly do accept. We shouldn't, and occasionally we don't, but...
- ThrowAway1922A 3y agoThe archives have to follow the laws and this isn't a case of the IA simply making a mistake, it was them intentionally crossing the line and assuming they'd get away with it. I don't want the IA lost, but they are the ones responsible for their current legal situation. Fwiw I wouldn't target the family of the police either, I think this targeting of innocent uninvolved people is sick.