> The BND’s claim that this information is essential, cannot substitute a missing legal basis
Let this roll around on your tongue for a moment. This is kind of like robbing a bank and then saying you really needed the money.
Let this roll around on your tongue for a moment. This is kind of like robbing a bank and then saying you really needed the money.
That's a radical idea, but it has started to gain some popularity: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stealing-food-not-a-crim...
Most of our laws that exist at extremes (no torture, Geneva Convention) exist as a reaction against what did happen the last time a stressful situation was lawless, and a rational check against the next time stress brings up a possible irrational reaction.
Stealing food should always be a crime - it let's us then consider the circumstances surrounding the action, and forgive the crime. (This is the basic argument against mandatory sentencing. It removes empathy, which makes us less than human.)
Though of course their overreach should be questioned