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That train of thought doesn't make sense. "We need to pass this new law because [gestures at this case] existing laws already work"? If anyone were trying to drum up public support, they would want cases where people got away with it, and this ain't it.
I might also add that if everyone is misunderstanding what you're trying to say here, you're either not explaining it very clearly or your theory simply doesn't stand up.
That’s my entire point. Existing laws work.
But yet they’ll say “there’s so much of this that we need new laws”
In fact if you Google it, they’re trying to push new ones through now. Coincidence? Maybe.
So since you’re right, the argument doesn’t make sense, why do you believe that the following proposed laws exist?
https://globalnews.ca/news/10178476/liberals-online-harms-bill-not-regulating-speech/
Two things can both be true without one being caused by the other.
This doesn't mean that 2 is caused by 1 or that they have anything to do with each other at all. Not everything has to play into some grand conspiracy. If anything, this case severely undermines the Liberals' position.
We have an agreement!
This current case undermines the suggestion that new laws are needed.
I would agree that the two are unrelated, but I’ve found that all too often one is used as a false stepping stone to the other.
The classic “won’t someone please think of the children!” Argument.
If I may make a suggestion, I would approach future discussions by pointing to this case as a good thing for privacy, since it shows we don't need to implement draconian measures like the Liberal proposal in order to prosecute crimes. Your negative framing here is what threw others off track.
Noted.
I still maintain that this article is meaningless rage-bait designed to garner support for new laws.
I genuinely believe the opposite is true. Anybody opposing those laws should wave this in the Liberals' faces. "See? The system already works."
I hope you’re right.