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> If take his computer and host the files on the same machine for 2 weeks before handing it over to the police Your example is different as you haven't gotten
by liviu- 11y ago
> If take his computer and host the files on the same machine for 2 weeks before handing it over to the police
Your example is different as you haven't gotten approval from the law enforcement authorities, like they claim to have gotten in the GP's quote. I'm sure that if you ask before acting upon it your chances of being arrested are a lot lower, and although they would probably revoke your request, they might allow someone else more apt for this (e.g. FBI)
- mikekchar 11y agoNot trying to be snarky, but I hope the justice system doesn't work so that to break the law all I have to do is get permission from the police... What I would like to know is what law allows them to make this kind of decision.
- escherize 11y agoThe government has guns and is allowed to use them morally. You aren't.
- ChristianBundy 11y ago> The government has guns and is allowed to use them.
- logfromblammo 11y agoAllowed by whom? The government. Ah. Well, I guess if it gives itself permission, that's okay then. We wouldn't want them to need consent of the governed or anything. They might say no!
- NullCharacter 11y agoCute cynicism, but you elect representatives who in turn appoint people to positions of authority. That's how this works. The laws are created and managed by people put into power by the governed. I understand that may go against your Freshman sociology 101 libertarian mantra, but the real world has already sorted this out and it tends to work pretty well.
- kasdaskdqwe 11y agoCrossposting to reddit.com/r/iamverysmart
- NullCharacter 11y agoAnd be sure to link me the post please.
- logfromblammo 11y ago> The laws are created and managed by people put into power by the governed. I see from the apparent sincerity behind your comment that I have lived in Chicago, and you have not. The way the system works is that you vote, the government pretends to care what you think, and it continues to do whatever the hell it was doing as before, only with minor tweaks to its public relations budget. It's still better than the alternative, which is an armed regime controlling your life without pretending to care what you think. Libertarian fantasies notwithstanding, most people need to join an armed cartel in order to realize a better quality of life, and no one really benefits from whitewashing over that. The real world reads Machiavelli, a Modern Approach, and the politics of money, fear, and control are now very nearly perfected. It works "pretty well" only for a minority of wealthy backers. It's very easy to find someone faring worse than you under the prevailing political system. In 4000 years, the mechanics of human political power structures have remained largely unchanged, while technology has improved by many orders of magnitude.