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Mike 03

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9. Ridiculous. Since presumably there's no law against this, if we begin to

Reply to C0RI0LANUS (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2025, 08:46 AM

Feb 2025

do as Russia does, during the course of the "investigation" they will "find" something. They'll announce that this person has committed some other (fabricated) crime. Maybe he hasn't paid his taxes, or downloaded child porn, or sells or buys drugs, or is the suspect in some unsolved robbery. In Russia, if they want to take you down for something that isn't a crime, they make something up. I hope we are not there yet.

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