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The HN crowd that doesn't seem to get it is like that because they're either white collar criminals themselves, or they work for such criminals.
by miyoji 3mo ago
The HN crowd that doesn't seem to get it is like that because they're either white collar criminals themselves, or they work for such criminals.
- etchalon 3mo ago"It's only a crime because it's against the law." - someone, inevitably
- torh 3mo ago"Why should you go to jail for a crime someone else ... noticed" — Bob Loblaw
- efitz 3mo agoOf course that’s a silly turn of phrase but there is a grain of truth. Most people believe that the law should mirror the ethics or morality of the society, and absent something clearly harmful, most people don’t understand why something with nobody clearly harmed should be illegal.
- culi 3mo ago> It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. — Upton Sinclair