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> I can't remember the last time I saw news reports about an arrest where the arrestee plausibly benefited from the story being publicized Bad week to say this
by BoxFour 2y ago
> I can't remember the last time I saw news reports about an arrest where the arrestee plausibly benefited from the story being publicized
Bad week to say this, given Ross Ulbricht was just pardoned. There's zero chance he would've been pardoned without all the publicity around his arrest and incarceration.
- lolinder 2y agoFair enough. Is he the exception that makes all of the lives ruined worth it?
- BoxFour 2y agoHistory offers plenty of other examples. Daniel Ellsberg is one of the most notable that comes to mind without spending more than a few seconds to think about it. Is it worth it? That likely depends on how highly you prioritize the protection of liberty. It’s ultimately a personal call, and I don't mean that as a judgement one way or the other.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> Is he the exception that makes all of the lives ruined worth it? The reason we publicise arrests is to check the police against disappearances.
- bryanrasmussen 2y agogoing off of the n-guilty men principle https://medium.com/luminasticity/commentary-on-n-guilty-men-fc47d9dd0674 https://medium.com/luminasticity/commentary-on-n-guilty-men-... As publication seems necessary to help free people who should not be jailed, or to keep people from being disappeared the authorities find inconvenient, it seems some other solution should be found for the ruined lives due to publication, not that we just trade some number of ruined lives around by not publicizing.