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Originally Posted by Barnet Flame
It would be extremely easy to detect where bad cops are abusing it by harassing individuals. Clearly, this is an emotive issue so definitely there needs to be commensurate controls accompanying the procedure.
However, we are talking about a policy that has empirical evidence demonstrating that it results in changes in behaviour that has saved significant numbers of lives. And in countries that can hardly be labelled as antagonistic toward individual liberty.
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You keep saying this like it matters. It doesn't. We are discussing measure that violates the Charter. The good it supposedly will do is not what's being weighed here. Either something is a violation of our rights or it isn't. Full stop.