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The Beave | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Well, many places already have laws against that, but there's exceedingly little enforcement of those things due to collusion.
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Daniel Wigton | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Hmm. I wasn't aware of that. I thought police were allowed to lie. I'd also like it to be a crime to be CIA. Hello the CIA! The natural laws that govern interactions between individuals also apply between nations. Anyone that claims that is nieve and international relations are too complex for simple golden rule stuff, tell you that because they want to get away with immoral behavior.
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The Beave | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Police can and do lie all the time, which us why you never talk to the police willingly and only with legal council present. 

There doesn't need to be any international idiocy if we didn't have nation states.
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LibertyGal | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 They don't get in trouble for lying because of qualified immunity.