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Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by rexpop »

Quothling wrote: post #22

I'm Danish and lars kragh andersen is a bit of a grey zone. He obviously goes over the line, he tried to put GPS trackers on the cars of ministers. He "stalks" their families, and dox their children online. He gave an interview on how he'd ignore people carrying a kilo gram of weed when he was a cop because he doesn't agree with the "war on drugs". On the flip-side, he's sort of right. I assume that putting a GPS tra…

> he'd ignore people carrying a kilo gram of weed

This is an unequivocally reasonable approach. The prohibition of cannabis is a grotesque charade.

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by stefanfisk »

impossiblefork wrote: post #49
orbital-decay wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a very... US comment to make.

Yes and no. Weapons are normal here too.

Shooting intruders isn’t though. They’d basically have to attack you first for lethal force to be legal.

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by msh »

JuniperMesos wrote: post #70
klustregrif wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is Denmark not America, there is literally no risk to their life.

Just because Denmark doesn't have the same gun laws, culture around using guns for self-defense, or prevalence of guns as the US does, it doesn't mean that Danish police face no risk when they raid someone's home. Anytime the cops raid someone's home, regardless of whether or not is it a legitimate raid of a legitimate criminal, it's a violent act and there's risk that the cops will be hurt or killed.

Since 1945 12 cops have been killed in the line of duty (excluding traffic accidents), mostly when responding to a violent crime (trying to stop bank robberies lead to 6 of those fatalities).

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by stefanfisk »

JuniperMesos wrote: post #70
klustregrif wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is Denmark not America, there is literally no risk to their life.

Just because Denmark doesn't have the same gun laws, culture around using guns for self-defense, or prevalence of guns as the US does, it doesn't mean that Danish police face no risk when they raid someone's home. Anytime the cops raid someone's home, regardless of whether or not is it a legitimate raid of a legitimate criminal, it's a violent act and there's risk that the cops will be hurt or killed.

Do you have any danish stats to back up your claim?

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by koonsolo »

orbital-decay wrote: post #38
selcuka wrote: post #13

> When the two civilian dressed masked men entered the apparentment I think this is very irresponsible. What would happen if the owner was armed and harmed the police thinking that they were criminals?

This is a very... US comment to make.

No it is not. Europeans can have guns, and there was a recent case in Belgium where such a thing happened.

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by sword_smith »

arjie wrote: post #69
bawolff wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or alternatively, 2 wrongs don't make a right. Even if the text message was exactly the same, there are plenty of valid reasons why one might be prosecutable and the other might not be.

Indeed, that’s why selective prosecution is an effective weapon. The consequences are asymmetric and demonstrating selectivity is impossible without exposing oneself to the downside. It’s definitely a stable incumbent regime tactic.

"anarcho-tyranny"

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by tchalla »

messe wrote: post #57
tchalla wrote: post #48

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> What would happen if the owner was armed Might as well talk about unicorns as we are imaging this scenario in Denmark.

You can own multiple guns and store them at your residence in Denmark. I know a couple of people who do so, admittedly both ex-military. This isn't limited to shotguns or bolt action rifles for hunting. You can own up to six handguns. You do need to be licensed however, and given Andersen's history he probably wouldn't be permitted.

You should also add that most private guns owned in Denmark are typically for hunting, not self defence.

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by dzhiurgis »

elric wrote: post #77
zx8080 wrote: post #73

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Sarcasm tag missing or is this serious?

They're probably not being sarcastic. Wrong, and ppssibly evil, but not sarcastic. There are some weirdly big Palantir fans on HN. No clue what drives them, but I'm guessing they're not keen students of history.

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Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by wartywhoa23 »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #67
SjokoladeIsHare wrote: post #44

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> Who cares about weed? Danes.

People who dont pretend it has zero negative consequences as well. I understand the medicinal uses, most people arent even doing that, but we are overlooking so many things. I think someone should fund serious studies that look at all the benefits and negatives, sadly we dont live in a perfect world.

We are overlooking even more things about perfectly legal alcohol.
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