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Propelloni | on: Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
Unjust? Broken? But adding one broken thing to another broken thing will do nothing to fix any one of them.
lukan | parent | next
Do you have concrete ideas on how to improve?

And till those steps are implemented, don't you think you would enjoy it, if the next president would pardon Snowden, or your personal favorite case of unjustice?

Propelloni | root | parent
As if the laws and justice of a nation are a questions of personal favorites! Maybe I have read too much enlightenment philosophers, but I happen to think in terms of general principles in this case.

This might be a good first step, too. Read more books from a time when people were struggling with arbitrary justice.

lukan | root | parent
So you don't have them. That's ok. And thank you, but I did read a lot of books. History, politically, .. I just apparently came to different conclusions, but it is ok for me to not take this deeper here.
stuartjohnson12 | parent
If my server is unreliable, adding an unreliable backup is better than nothing.
dredmorbius | root | parent | next
That really depends. There are times when adding backups or "safety" features can make circumstances worse.
falcor84 | root | parent
Exactly, I've had cases when half-assed "backup" components led to cascading failures that were horribly difficult to troubleshoot.
Propelloni | root | parent
Maybe, but do you think it is good enough?