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Comment by rank0

12 hours ago

That’s an insane take. Financial damage isn’t a problem for you? What if someone targeted you personally or your business?

I’m not arguing against compensation or other dissuasive/retributive punishment - I did call it a misdeed. Suitable compensation and punishment is absolutely appropriate.

But yes, I am arguing that four years of prison time is disproportionate punishment, and probably any prison time at all for this act.

I don't buy this equivalence of financial damage to a person with financial damage to a business.

If I had a business its finances would be separate from my personal finance using limited liability, so even if someone destroyed 100% of its value, it would only be no return on investment for me - sad and bad but totally not equivalent to losing all my personal money.

  • What about the employees you had to let go to cover the shortfall? No damages there either?

    • Same category - bad but not enough to warrant four years jail time. Unless you are prepared to argue four years in jail for unlawful termination.

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