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Money can make people do things they are 'not known for', and I'm talking about completely made-up crimes because for them it's way smarter: 1) Avoid tarnishin
by ivanca 13y ago
Money can make people do things they are 'not known for', and I'm talking about completely made-up crimes because for them it's way smarter:
1) Avoid tarnishing the public view of their media company where PR is very important.
2) Supporters seem conflicted ("is about other thing!").
3) The penalty of those crimes is not controversial (in this case: security information theft)
4) Therefore it doesn't cause a big media fuzz
5) Legislation about the crimes he is being charged with are not likely to change in the future so no new laws with retroactive repercussions will set him free.
6) It still inflicts fear upon similar enemies, because he's still know as "the pirate bay guy who is in jail" not the "the cracker who stole confidential data who is in jail"
- ballard 13y agoFear to defend one's stature or business is often the bullshit used to compartmentalize the means to reach an end that "protects" something, in spite of costs to others. That seems to fit the definition of concrete, areligous "evil." It's shitty, but many decision-makers are fine with expedience if it can't come back to them.