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   iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Oct-2024 01:59:43 JST iced depresso
   important philosophical questions like
   when is a lawsuit genuine vs. some sociopath engaging in lawfare
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     Charles Synyard (charlessynyard@shota.house)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Oct-2024 02:05:38 JST Charles Synyard

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     @icedquinn When the offense was something like what the lawmaker, or at least a reasonable person, was trying to prevent or would have understood as needing to be prevented. This goes back to an insight by Robert Filmer. No matter how good a set of laws may be, they can always turn oppressive unless the ruler is able to arbitrate and decide which cases count as exceptions.

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