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user-inactivated  ·  3774 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: CIA admits to spying on Senate staffers

I've been drinking a good bit with dinner. When I want people to not ignore my stupid comments I make them a lot longer, sorry.

The simile is, of course, that if given the power I would be spying on the Senate. Because they're interesting. People say children are innocent when in fact their crimes should be viewed as a percentage of their capacity to harm -- both numerator and denominator are small, which does not mean the resulting percentage cannot be large. Etc. Ignore me.