• ShepherdPie
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    5 months ago

    Wow he’s facing 48 years in prison for distributing some ones and zeros on the internet. A DEA agent recently ran over and killed a mother riding her bicycle near me after running a stop sign to catch up to his buddies and the courts ruled that he’s immune from being held liable for his actions.

    Funny how justice works in the US.

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      5 months ago

      It’s not just the US, trust me. One horribly true fact of life is justice only works for those who can afford it.

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          5 months ago

          Victim? He did something he knew was illegal. How is he the victim in any way? Should it be illegal? I dunno, but it is. That’s the end of it.

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      5 months ago

      Police and courts exist to serve the state’s interests, not the interests of that state’s citizens. Those interests can diverge a great deal. Doesn’t change in a democracy, it’s just not about us.

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      5 months ago

      Dismissing something just because it’s digital is pretty stupid.

      I think the sentence is very extreme but there are a LOT of crimes and maybe serious ones that can be summed up to “did stuff with ones and zeros”.

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        there are a LOT of crimes and maybe serious ones that can be summed up to “did stuff with ones and zeros”.

        While that’s true, this ain’t really one of them. I don’t really support for profit piracy, but when juxtaposed against negligently taking a life, it’s insane to see the disparity between the punishments.