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by dylan604 311 days ago
It's funny to me that in the cops vs robbers scenario, it is the bad guys that have to be perfect to avoid getting caught while the good guys only have to get lucky once to catch the bad guys.

Your use of this then would translate to the governments wanting to read all the mail to constantly stay informed would be the bad guys where the other actors only have to get lucky once by having a mission complete would be the good guys?
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chii 311 days ago
that analogy is drawing similarities when there is none. The "bad" guys in the cops vs robbers scenario is one where the bad guys have already done something worthy of needing to be caught.
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saltcured 311 days ago
Metaphors matter, but often bias us.

Cops vs robbers? Christians vs lions in Rome?

Or, we're merely fish in a barrel and trying to convince ourselves we have any control over whether we get shot?

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