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by lbotos 1038 days ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37080054 said it well, because there are things an organization may choose not to accept that aren't crimes.
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paulddraper 1038 days ago
> Their goal is to protect their members.

That is the goal of the legal system as well.

> There are things an organization may choose not to accept that aren't crimes

Sure. Dress code, etc.

But sexual assault is a crime.

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RangerScience 1038 days ago
> That is the goal of the legal system as well.

Gonna strongly contest that. The legal system only gets involved once protections have failed. (well, the judicial part of it, at any rate)

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the_lego 1038 days ago
That still provides deterrence, and safeguards against future harm from the same perpetrator.

Regardless, the chess federation is not being asked to act on pre-crime either, so in that aspect they are no different than the legal and police systems.

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