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[danbrotherston]

Yeah, he's right, but let's not confuse lawful and legal as just.

I entirely agree, and I find it frustrating when people try to excuse people's bad behaviour as "legal", as if only things for which you are found guilty of in a court of law count as "bad".

We can see this in things like where people lose a job because of sexual harassment, people scream "but he wasn't found guilty".

So I'm the first one to argue that we should not look to the justice system as the arbiter of right and wrong.

I certainly have no positive opinions about the accused person, but when it comes to legal questions like imprisonment by the state, yeah, I'm totally on board with the protections in our legal system.

I realize in a world with corporations as powerful as states, ubiquitous surveilance, and social media, this does raise some different concerns, but I am comfortable holding this position with respect to this particular individual right now.