Part of me says Wynn and De Mercurio could try to sue someone -- either their initial customer for not giving them sufficient safety, or people responsible for them being charged -- but then I consider that suing "The law" is such a famously bad idea that it's celebrated in song ("I fought the law and the law won.")
Ultimately, I think they'll get some good conference talks out of it.
Well, fighting the law outside the system is actually a bit more complicated. See civil disobedience, the civil Rights movement, etc as examples where laws were.deliberately broken to successfully fight against and change those laws.
Yeah, I agree that that's fighting the law outside the system. I don't think it's different from robbery in the same way that fighting the law from within the system is, I think they're similar in that regard. They're different in that robbery commands nearly zero popular support, making it a bad candidate for change through civil disobedience.
They look great from my perspective. Coalfire will be able to hire on this event in a field with a -15% unemployment rate. If they’re smart they’ll both work this into lucrative speaking arrangements.
There are multiple laws. This issue was a dispute between two branches of government. That's a scenario where you can win. NYC /NYPD has a large budget for police brutality settlements.
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This has been quite a wild ride.
Part of me says Wynn and De Mercurio could try to sue someone -- either their initial customer for not giving them sufficient safety, or people responsible for them being charged -- but then I consider that suing "The law" is such a famously bad idea that it's celebrated in song ("I fought the law and the law won.")
Ultimately, I think they'll get some good conference talks out of it.
But that song is about armed robbery being punished by the law, not suing anyone. The lyrics aren't subtle:
Fighting the law outside the system by disobeying it is a totally different concept from fighting the law within the system by suing over it.
Well, fighting the law outside the system is actually a bit more complicated. See civil disobedience, the civil Rights movement, etc as examples where laws were.deliberately broken to successfully fight against and change those laws.
Yeah, I agree that that's fighting the law outside the system. I don't think it's different from robbery in the same way that fighting the law from within the system is, I think they're similar in that regard. They're different in that robbery commands nearly zero popular support, making it a bad candidate for change through civil disobedience.
true, short of Robin Hood there's not much of a positive example of roberry as civil disobedience.
They look great from my perspective. Coalfire will be able to hire on this event in a field with a -15% unemployment rate. If they’re smart they’ll both work this into lucrative speaking arrangements.
Iowa can go tuck themselves in.
There are multiple laws. This issue was a dispute between two branches of government. That's a scenario where you can win. NYC /NYPD has a large budget for police brutality settlements.