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That's just from one carrier. I'm amazed someone is arguing that this is a practical task instead of asking if these tariffs are really worthwhile or if there are better ways to do this than mass privacy violations and checking every piece of mail sent in the United States

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I don't personally think it's worth it, no. To me, though, that's a different issue than "it can't be done."

"Yes, we can do A. The likely result of this action, however, is X Y Z." I prefer to present the situation like this rather than short-circuiting via "I know we are unwilling to accept X Y Z," and so therefore, "we can't do A."

Seems unnecessarily pedantic.

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