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> If somebody picks your lock on your house It's not like picking a lock. It's more like turning over a sheet of paper to read what's on the other side. If this guy gets convicted, I'll eat my hat (I wear a fedora). "Thy just thow their fedora wherever the floor is And start doing horas and taps".
I don't really like the framing that the reporter is framed for using "view source". This reinforces the idea that the people responsible for this are just uneducated. I'm sure, at this point, someone already explained them. That reporter is a victim of harassment, and that if it wasn't for "view source", it could be for some unrelated stuff. It's the same as protesters being arrested for all kinds of bogus reasons,…
> If somebody picks your lock on your house It's not like picking a lock. It's more like turning over a sheet of paper to read what's on the other side. If this guy gets convicted, I'll eat my hat (I wear a fedora). "Thy just thow their fedora wherever the floor is And start doing horas and taps".
It is like if there was a smaller written text in the ink, and using a microscope you can see what the ink really contains. It was never hidden.
Your analogy is much more apropos. Nothing was tampered with or “pulled” from another location, virtual or otherwise. Everything the reporter saw was already there and accessible (the public website), they just knew how to use their lens (browser) in a perfectly legal way to see it.
I don't really like the framing that the reporter is framed for using "view source". This reinforces the idea that the people responsible for this are just uneducated. I'm sure, at this point, someone already explained them. That reporter is a victim of harassment, and that if it wasn't for "view source", it could be for some unrelated stuff. It's the same as protesters being arrested for all kinds of bogus reasons,…
They might prosecute, but I bet a jury would throw it out
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As European, I find it insane that I could elect the prosecutor or even the police. And in some ways that politicians would have any word on this apart from deciding the funding and laws...
I don't disagree with your point but how a prosecutor must be selected then? If someone is not chosen by a public and popular vote, it must be chosen differently. Any mechanism of choice will have an inherent bias. For example, you could decide that a prosecutor is the best at knowing the law, so let's have a law exam where the one with the best score is named prosecutor. However, being a good prosecutor can't always…
The same way you select the heads of hospitals, or police chiefs, or head librarians?
What a strange question. Only in the US do you VOTE for prosecutors!
I hope they charge him, because it's going to be very hard to prosecute I believe, and a victory would enshrine legal rights to 'Right Click' and view source. I think the trial would come under enormous scrutiny. If the reporter lost the case in local banana republic courts, I do believe it would go up to Federal or Supreme and it would win.
The goal of threatening reporters with prosecution is to intimidate others and prevent them from investigating areas that could embarrass the state government.
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They might prosecute, but I bet a jury would throw it out
It probably won’t even get to jury. It might get dismissed with prejudice before it goes to trial.
Seen from abroad USA seems like a parody of themselves, not a one particularly funny. Greatest country for greatest opportunities, still many politicians seem incredibly dumb, or ar least as dumb as italian ones, which are really really dumb, on average.
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It probably won’t even get to jury. It might get dismissed with prejudice before it goes to trial.
For a case that could potentially embarrass the state, I'd think the prosecution would try hard to make sure the case appears on the right judge's docket.
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Any thoughts on how to tailor political systems to work around demagoguery but maintain functioning democracy?
What's democracy? Is that when stuff gets done to you by corrupt politicians, and you have to shut up and suck it, except that every few years you get to swap one bunch of corrupt politicians for another bunch?