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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 109 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A bit sad that this is still relevant 12 years later.

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those supposedly outrageous counter examples are much less unheard of though.

[–] leverage@lemdro.id 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because those are beaches of the 4th amendment, so of course you don't see that happen very often. That's the point being made.

[–] pacmondo@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The person you're replying to is saying that those breaches of the 4th amendment are less absurd now than they were at the time the comic was written

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

The only reason the physical stuff doesn’t happen is because it’s a logistical nightmare to perform it, but no one would bat an eye lash at the ethics of it. Simply, they would if they could 🤷‍♀️