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While your proposal is perfectly reasonable, I couldn't help but notice that your opening was an example of the "'think of the kids + terrorism'" mentioned by GP.

> Look, I'd love to stop CP distribution in America! Really, I would! But Google's encryption policies are preventing law enforcement from intercepting pedophile communications now, today.

It's the same "think of [vulnerable group]" type of statement.

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The purpose of that sentence was to bring us back to the issue at hand. GP was essentially saying (as I interpreted it) that we should focus on the root causes of homelessness instead of worrying about day-to-day concerns like how the homeless access email. I think we should do both, especially when the latter would be relatively simple.

But also, yes, there are in fact many times when it's important to consider the needs of different groups of people! That isn't to say that the ends always justify the means—it depends on what the means are—but reasonable accommodations should be made where possible.

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