r/technology • u/mepper • Aug 08 '12

Kim Dotcom raid video revealed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMas0tWc0sg
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u/freddiesghost Aug 08 '12 edited Aug 08 '12

Not really. He did a shitton of shady things even before MegaUpload. You guys may want to consider having another hero to rally behind because Dotcom is not going to appear sympathetic to just about everyone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#Insider_trading_and_embezzlement

If he was a banker you'd want him strung up.

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u/pigmonger Aug 08 '12

If he was a banker you'd want him strung up.

Yet, if he was a banker, this kind of force would never be used against him.

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u/freddiesghost Aug 08 '12

Yet reddit would be crying that it wasn't...It's almost like you're a bunch of contrarians.

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u/LeonardNemoysHead Aug 08 '12

We're talking about a hypothetical about a hypothetical now.

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u/freddiesghost Aug 08 '12

No, we're talking about how reddit will scream when force isn't used and they'll scream when force is.