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Don't you think that there might be a difference between a person contemplating something, and an organization of people doing so?
by burgerbrain 15y ago
Don't you think that there might be a difference between a person contemplating something, and an organization of people doing so?
- sp332 15y agoNo. Unless you can prove that there was an actual conspiracy with intent, there's nothing illegal going on. Corporations are allowed to fantasize just like people (as long as there's no blatant fraud involved). Or did you mean some other difference?
- _delirium 15y ago> Corporations are allowed to fantasize just like people That's not necessarily true, since groups of people fantasizing tends to involve a lot more externalized things that might be evidence. If I dream at night about bombing a federal building, I probably won't be arrested for it, but if I meet weekly with a group of people where we discuss bombing federal buildings and how we might go about it, that's starting to get a lot more sketchy. Similarly, if there are corporate memos flying around and strategy meetings/documents contemplating illegal activity, that's not necessarily a-ok.
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- zobzu 15y agoI don't know how many times me and friends went about how to rob a bank. Surely we should be set on fire. More than that, Apple "contemplated" it, then decided against it, maybe because, like "oh that doesn't sound legal, we can't do that" ? And, I don't like Apple. But that's no reason.
- Anechoic 15y agobut if I meet weekly with a group of people where we discuss bombing federal buildings and how we might go about it, that's starting to get a lot more sketchy You basically just described my college experience. (or a white-hat conference).
- burgerbrain 15y ago> "there's nothing illegal going on." That's not what I asked, is it? Or do you mean that only illegal activities are worthy of our attention?