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Imagine complying with a gag order. That's one of the most blatant abuses of human rights.
by zoklet-enjoyer 3y ago
Imagine complying with a gag order. That's one of the most blatant abuses of human rights.
- superkuh 3y agoIt is. But when you're on the receiving end and the federal agents bust down your door and point firearms at you you see things a bit differently in the moment.
- zoklet-enjoyer 3y agoAgreed, but that's all the more reason to be louder and more defiant.
- int_19h 3y agoNot everyone wants to be a hero.
- zoklet-enjoyer 3y agoAn hero
- mistrial9 3y agosomehow it is hard to believe that this statement is made .. confidentiality and "gag orders" have ruled the business world for more than twenty years in the USA. Any executive of any public company (stocks) must demonstrate iron-clad compliance with these orders, every week of their employment. Asvmuch as anyone might agree with the aspirational poetry of this statement, it is literally ABCs of US dollar business that this is no joke. surely that is clear?
- superkuh 3y agoThis isn't business. This is the government using secret violent force to keep you from telling others you've been (legally) robbed. It does not involve a voluntary contract that one enters into willingly in the open. These are very different things. Surely that is clear?
- zoklet-enjoyer 3y agoExactly. This isn't a voluntary contract
- mistrial9 3y agoOne extreme (no demand on me is fair) or the other (every action by government must be obeyed) .. neither of those.. I agree that it is not a contract between equals, it is an action of law in government; like it or not it is the price of civilization. In the USA the basis of law has been worked out very well, in some cases. Of course there are abuses and no one is defending an abuse of the law. Humans are social and difficult. The answer lies in a system of review and an ability to change over time.