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pokoko on 30 December 2016
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Azuren said:
pokoko said:

I don't know if this was the right move or not.  I have no idea what the protocol for something like this would be.  However, if the allegations are true then, yeah, there does need to be some blow-back.  Democrat, Republican, Cat-in-box Party, I don't give a damn.  If another country is using illegal means to influence an election in their favor then the government of the country where the election is taking place should do something to stop it from happening again.  I can't believe anyone would think otherwise.  That's common sense.  This isn't an issue where people should think about their political party first, it's one where they should think about their country first.

If another country exposes corruption, then I honestly don't give a fuck about the semantics about what laws are broken. 

 

"They illegally hacked our servers!"

 

"... aaaaand exposed extreme corruption in the process. Maybe they need a medal, not a reprimand."

That is not semantics at all.  "The ends justifies the means" never works because it's never fair.  Who is going to decide that case-by-case interpretation of the law?  What is your criteria for when it's okay to ignore legality?  That's the whole reason why we made entrapment illegal in the United States.  

The idea of giving people medals when they break the law if they can prove someone else broke the law first would just lead to anarchy.  Would you mind if someone broke into your house because they thought you might have have something illegal there?