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Everything you say is true and good. And I'm not saying either that I disagree with the policy or that I view it as likely to fail in an empirical sense (altho
by jMyles 12y ago
Everything you say is true and good.
And I'm not saying either that I disagree with the policy or that I view it as likely to fail in an empirical sense (although both are true).
Instead, I'm pointing out that the fact that allowing law enforcement to keep the proceeds does indeed create an incentive for LEOs to do the wrong thing.
I think everybody agrees on that point. LEOs can point to a number of counter-incentives, as well as their own good intentions, as measures that can ameliorate this bad incentive, but I don't think anybody will disagree that it exists.
- hackuser 12y ago> create an incentive for LEOs to do the wrong thing. What's the "wrong" thing? You and I agree, by the way, but unfortunately I'm pretty certain that many people -- more than I am comfortable with -- do not.
- verbin217 12y agoInstead of just thinking about the issue lets fill our minds with simulations of all the other minds and their thoughts about the issue. That way we can be considerate of everyone's point of view. Then we can assert the insensitivity of anyone who just thinks until everyone is simulating minds that merely simulate other minds and actual thought is entirely eradicated.
- jMyles 12y agoWow. I love this comment. I didn't realize until now how frustrated I've been about this exact phenomenon happening around me, especially in the software community.