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Thanks for summing up those arguments!

My snarky retorts:

1. "and if my grandmother had wheels she'd be a bicycle"

2. "Let the bad actors do harm but keep an eye on them so others might do the same instead of prevent them from doing harm" is a wild approach to anything that has to ignore so many things it feels like intentional gaslighting. Even at face value it's absurd; why would only zero and partial regulation encourage similar behavior amongst neighbors but not full restriction? Imagine this suggestion for things we currently call crimes like rape and manslaughter and child abuse!

I'm in my "calling it like I see it era" and I'm calling this one. Shills gonna shill.





Who am I "shilling" for? Did you help get cameras removed from your municipality? I did in mine.



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