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by mikeash 3379 days ago
Didn't "what are you going to do" indicate a potential hypothetical?
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John23832 3379 days ago
It was, because you can't put a business in actual jail... You gave an alternative punishment that you could actually levy on a business and I agree that that could work.
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mikeash 3379 days ago
Then I don't get your response. "What would you do, hypothetically?" "Hypothetically, you could do X." "We don't do X!"

I mean... yeah... that's why it's an idea and not a description of how things work.

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