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Yes I think they mean they hadn’t seen it used before outside of sanctioned organizations. Though one could argue some bad actors inside the org likely used it
by mc32 6mo ago
Yes I think they mean they hadn’t seen it used before outside of sanctioned organizations. Though one could argue some bad actors inside the org likely used it outside of official capacity though not likely with knowledge or approval by superiors.
- anigbrowl 6mo agoWouldn't it be great if public officials would say what they in fact mean the first time?
- rdevilla 6mo agoTorontonians are hardwired to be incapable of speaking like this.
- bigiain 6mo agoAnd law enforcement are trained to speak a language with sounds like english, but isn't, and which makes no sense. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-interactive-guide-to-ambiguous-grammar https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-interactive-guide-to-... (A long-ish read, but totally worth it. the "punch line" is beautiful.)
- rdevilla 6mo agoPoetry.
- philipallstar 6mo agoSpeed and brownness were involved in a jumping‑related incident with a lazy dog and a fox.
- raverbashing 6mo agoI would say Canadians but British Columbians (yes this is the actual term) are even worse
- hluska 6mo agoAn sms blaster was never used in fraud like this in Canada. Does that really make that big of a difference to you?
- nubinetwork 6mo agoThere's a huge difference between "I like pineapple", and "I like pineapple on my pizza".
- boneitis 6mo agoI don't buy it. To me, it'd be like hearing them say "we've never seen spam/scam phone call campaigns before!" This loses all believability, given the fact that i can reliably go out of town to a different area code and immediately start getting phishing/scam/robo calls/texts from numbers of said area code. Granted, i am U.S.'ian.