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I suspect you misinterpreted what they said. We should be putting guilty people in jail, even if they're rich and powerful.

• legitster 2y ago
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  • richbell 2y ago
    > I know of no other way to read this other than lock away people because they are rich whether they are guilty or not. Is there a reason you omitted the first sentence from that quote?
    • legitster 2y ago
      The first sentence didn't contain his rationale?
      • diob 2y ago
        You're attacking a strawman, try steelmanning the argument to "rich people who commit crimes should go to jail every now and then". I think we can all agree.
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  • ein0p 2y ago
    Are you a part of the Sackler family? Otherwise I don’t see how you could have misinterpreted what I said. Tell me, how many rich people went to jail for the fraud that caused the 2008 financial crisis? See what I mean now?
    • dang 2y ago
      Please don't cross into personal attack regardless of how provocative another comment is or you feel it is. Edit: Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait generally? It looks like your account has been doing this repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
  • dang 2y ago
    "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html