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To be clear: SEC "whistleblowers" are rats in the colloquial sense: they come from inside the companies themselves, and report malfeasance to the SEC in exchange for a cut of the penalties.

Similar, what we're talking about is an actual crime in NYC. It's illegal, full stop, to idle a commercial vehicle for more than 3 minutes. You might not want that to be the law, but that's a very difference stance vs. "it's not an actual crime."




>"To be clear: SEC "whistleblowers" are rats in the colloquial sense: they come from inside the companies themselves, and report malfeasance to the SEC in exchange for a cut of the penalties."

Put it this way. I'll deal with it when I see it. For now this is too abstract for me. In any ways if they only do it because they get rat money I am not very fond of it.

>"Similar, what we're talking about is an actual crime in NYC"

And it is a crime to be gay in Barbados. So fucking what? If I was in jury I would go for nullification right away and fuck this law. I have my own moral compass and am trying to follow it in how I perceive other humans.




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